Statement from Dafna Rand, Mercy Corps Vice President for Policy and Research “Last year, Congress overwhelmingly approved the bipartisan Global Fragility Act. This historic law reorients U.S...
September 2020 We are now sleepwalking towards a seventh year of war, and the people of Yemen can only surmise that the world has forgotten them. The UN Secretary General called in March for a global...
Overview As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread to fragile and conflict-affected contexts, there has been an impulse among some donors to focus on public health and humanitarian assistance, while...
Introduction Dire predictions regarding the impact of COVID-19 on armed conflict and violence have proliferated since the pandemic began. One notable forecast projects that thirteen countries are...
The global organization Mercy Corps is responding in Sudan to heavy rains and flooding that have left a trail of destruction, damaging homes and essential infrastructure including roads, water...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This is the inaugural edition of the Ecological Threat Register (ETR), which covers 157 independent states and territories. Produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP),...
Executive Summary This report presents the results of a one-year collaborative research project between Mercy Corps Myanmar, Renewable Energy Association of Myanmar with Biomass Energy Association of...
Executive Summary When the Myaungmya Suspension Bridge collapsed in April 2018, it was just one more obstacle for the residents of Laputta Township in the Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. Sadly, these...
Indonesia, which is the world's largest island country and located between the Indian and the Pacific Ocean, regularly faces the hardship of many natural disasters, including earthquakes, tsunamis,...
In response to the breakthrough peace deal announced yesterday, which has the potential to end two decades of violence, Mercy Corps’ Regional Director for Africa, Sean Granville-Ross says: “The peace...