In a paper published in Economics & Politics, Allison Carnegie and co-authors, including Kimberly Howe, examine the impact of foreign aid on governance by non-state actors, specifically rebels. The study…

Giving birth during adolescence is linked to a variety of negative health, social, and economic outcomes for both mothers and their children. Conflict, displacement, and humanitarian crises — which disproportionately…

In Somalia, approximately 3.2 million people are experiencing crisis levels of food insecurity, and approximately 800,000 people are experiencing more severe emergency levels of food insecurity. Overall, child wasting has…

Pastoralists in the Horn of Africa are emerging from a devastating three-year drought, resulting in declining livestock productivity, animal deaths, food insecurity, and acute malnutrition. In a blog post for…

Attacks on aid workers in conflict zones have been on the rise since the late 1990s. More than 180 local aid workers have been killed since the start of the…