Escalation in the Middle East

Crisis is deepening across Gaza and Lebanon. Your support can help families access urgent relief when they need it most.

Research and resources

Explore case studies, impact evaluations, reports, and other technical documents about our programmes. Learn about our research partnerships, and please contact us if you have any questions.

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Pathways to Locally Led Adaptation

The Alliance has learned through working directly within planning and budgeting processes how locally led adaptation can be institutionalized when community priorities, evidence-based planning, and public finance are aligned.

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Delivering Resilient Enterprises and Market Systems

Two trials in Uganda and Ethiopia show that DREAMS generated gains in economic and well-being outcomes among refugee and host-community households, while recouping costs within the first two years.

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From Hormuz to the Frontlines of Hunger

Two months on from the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital corridor for global energy flows, shocks have rippled through economies worldwide.

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Shifting to an Inclusive Livestock Sector in the Horn of Africa

Shifting to an Inclusive Livestock Sector in the Horn of Africa explores how livestock systems across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia are evolving under climate, market, and governance pressures.

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Damage to Gaza's Agriculture Sector and Viability for Rehabilitation

The report explores damage to soil, water sources, and agricultural infrastructure in Gaza. It also assesses damage to food systems and implications for food security and prospects for rehabilitation in the short and medium term.

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The Long Reach of War

This flash report presents the evidence of economic shocks that have transmitted to five crisis-affected countries, and what any ceasefire outcome would leave unresolved for the populations absorbing these impacts.