Dynamic Drylands is SPARC's podcast mini-series which explores new ways of thinking about aid, development and resilience in the drylands of Africa and the Middle East.
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.
In advance of the 2025 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, SPARC researchers have prepared three draft discussion documents drawing on six years of SPARC research.
This brief provides an overview of how trade and markets in Darfur have adapted, positively and negatively, to the conflict since full-scale war broke out in April 2023.
New SPARC evidence can support Kenya to implement policy that recognises the crucial role pastoralists play in the country’s journey towards sustainable development.
Too many public works programmes may be failing to deliver long-term benefits – not due to poor execution, but by design. If we want to use them effectively, we need to rethink what they are trying to achieve.