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Policy brief

This policy brief synthesises evidence on interventions to support the financial and psychosocial wellbeing of adolescent girls in vulnerable pastoral areas, highlighting gaps to inform future programmes and policies.
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Technical report

This report looks at general lessons about the development model and theory of change, and its appropriateness for pastoral economies.
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Policy brief

This brief explores how to best manage risks associated with permanent water supplies in arid and semi-arid lands in the Horn of Africa.

Latest news and blogs

Groundnuts were one of Sudan's major cash crops before the war. Credit: Albert González Farran / UNAMID
Blog

As war devastates Sudan, one researcher shares how markets survive, how data is gathered, and why understanding the local situation is key to shaping humanitarian support.
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Blog

At this year's LANDac Land Conference, SPARC shared evidence from pastoralists in Sudan, South Sudan and Nigeria on how land governance in drylands can create sustainable, gender-inclusive change.
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Blog

SPARC has partnered with the Kenyan government and IGAD to map - for the first time - the country's major livestock routes.
 

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