Climate risk profile: Ethiopia
This profile provides an overview of climate risks facing Ethiopia, including how climate change will potentially impact agriculture and crop production, livestock, water resources and human health. The
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Human Development Report 2019
<p>The demonstrations sweeping across the world today signal that, despite unprecedented progress against poverty, hunger and disease, many societies are not working as they should. The connecting thread, argues this new report from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is inequality.</p>
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Renewable solutions for refugee settlements: sustainable energy access in humanitarian situations
Refugees and displaced people mostly depend on energy that is unsustainable and can harm their health and well-being. Sustainable energy based on renewables, in contrast, bridges the gap between humanitarian
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Informing Durable Solutions for Internal Displacementin Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan
<p>With nearly 71 million refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and asylum-seekers as of 2018, forced displacement is a developing world crisis. However, evidence-based planning for IDPs is challenging
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Consumption, production, market access and affordability of nutritious foods in the Somali Region of Ethiopia
Poor dietary quality is a significant risk factor for stunting and micronutrient deficiencies among young children and globally one of the leading causes of premature death and disease (Arimond & Ruel,
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Magnitude and distribution of electricity and water subsidies for households in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
In Addis Ababa, an increasing block tariff has been used to calculate households' monthly bills for electricity and water services. This study estimates the magnitudes of the combined water and electricity
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Water, sanitation and agriculture linkages with health and nutrition improvement
In this paper, advocate for a systemic approach to water management for improved health and nutrition. Focus on rural and peri-urban areas of the developing world, where multipurpose water systems are
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Major subpopulations of Plasmodium falciparum in sub-Saharan Africa
<p>Understanding genomic variation and population structure of Plasmodium falciparum across Africa is necessary to sustain progress toward malaria elimination.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Plasmodium-falciparum-Africa.pdf"
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Creating enabling conditions for managing trade-offs between food production and forest conservation in Africa: case studies from Ethiopia and Zambia
How can agricultural production increase to meet the rapidly growing food demand in sub-Saharan Africa without reducing its precious forest areas? This is one of the greatest challenges in achieving sustainable
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From commitments to action: accelerating integration of nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in Ethiopia
Globally, more than one in five children are stunted. In Ethiopia, it's more than one in three. With evidence growing on the connections between undernutrition and poor water, sanitation and hygiene, WaterAid
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Committed or complacent: a failing response to the 2019 Horn of Africa drought crisis
More than 15 million people are in need of aid as drought hits parts of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia again. Yet lessons from the devastating droughts of 2011 and 2017 are being ignored, putting lives at