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Women carry water back to their homes in Wolgeba village in Halaba Zone - Image by UNICEF/ Nahom Tesfayeby - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Policy brief

This policy brief provides a call to understand risks differently and increase financial support, including climate adaptation finance.
Fulani girls share a textbook in class in Niger - Image by Global Partnership for Education - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Evidence review

This scoping paper presents the results of a review of gender-related findings in research published over the past five years on agricultural and pastoral livelihoods in SPARC focus countries.
Women in a market in Lakes state, South Sudan.
Evidence review

This review considers how protracted conflict has affected livelihoods and food security in select cases, and responses undertaken to address resulting economic and social harm.
A woman sells vegetables in Hamarwayne market in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Evidence review

Supplementary information for the rapid evidence review on livelihoods and markets in protracted conflict. The annexes comprise a compendium of country studies and grids of interventions.

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Two women sit among bags of cassava flour outdoors. One woman pours flour from a container into a large plastic bowl held by the other woman.
Blog

Read here about the effects of the Russian-Ukrainian war on commodity prices (wheat and fertiliser) and policy implications for countries in North and sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East
A woman and child stand outdoors holding branches on their heads. The woman is drinking from a blue plastic container.
Blog

Discover how some of the key lessons that emerged from COP26 will inform the future direction of SPARC research and engagement.
Girl stands in front of blackboard writing on it with chalk, while a woman looks on behind her
Blog

Katharine Vincent, SPARC Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Lead, shares the consortium’s vision on fostering inclusivity and equality.

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