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The objective of this report is to outline the various contributions of community-based organization (CBO) activities in terms to COVID-19 response, with a special emphasis on the case studies of Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Syria.
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This study analyses the perceptions of migration consequences from the viewpoint of migrants as well as the sending community, focusing on first-time seasonal migration from North-Western Burkina Faso vilage to neighbouring countries.
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The study focuses on a pilot sector of 67 km, covering a large part of central Ouagadougou and its strategic infrastructures, at the intersection of the future planned mass transit system and the areas of the city a priori considered more flood prone (for

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The focus of this week’s Manchester Briefing (Issue 38) is the role of the individual in relation to crises and the benefits of public involvement in emergency planning. We discuss how recovery reinstates preparedness, while renewal enhances resilience

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Putting communities at the heart of soil restoration in some of the world's most arid regions.
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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Due to COVID-19 and the effects of other crises, the Financial Inclusion Support Project has assisted the government in crowding in private capital to support SMEs.
Global Risk Financing Facility
Burkina Faso: Participants in a WFP soil rehabilitation project in Sirighin in March — 2.9 million people will face hunger during the upcoming lean season according to the latest Cadre Harmonisé figures. Photo: WFP/Evelyn Fey
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Global Report on Food Crises confirms World Food Programme and humanitarian community's worst fears over critical nutrition
World Food Programme
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In an article published today in Nature Climate Change, we reviewed the literature on climate change and gender in low and middle-income countries from the last six years.
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