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Transforming Waste Management in Somaliland

Waste management has long been a pressing challenge in Somaliland. Recent studies paint a stark picture: in Hargeisa, Somaliland's capital, only 65% of daily waste is collected due to inefficient equipment. This gap in sanitation services not only affects public health but also hampers economic growth and quality of life.

September 20,2024

Outcome Report of the Africa Regional Dialogue 2024

This report encapsulates the collective wisdom, aspirations, and commitments forged during our time together, as we embarked on a journey to envisioning a brighter future for Africa within the framework of a reinvigorated United Nations and closer collaboration with the African Union and eight associated Regional Economic Communities.

April 15, 2024

The Applications of AI and Machine Learning in Fisheries Management

Artificial intelligence—specifically, machine learning—is beginning to play a significant role in fisheries management for capturing a proliferation of data, analyzing data, and conducting advanced computations, as well as processing natural language, recognizing patterns, and making predictive analyses.

May 06,2024

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Conor Seyle

Elizabeth Hume

Jessica Baumgardner-Zuzik

Eric Keels

Dianna E. Almanza

June 01, 2020

New OEF/Alliance for Peacebuilding Report Provides Recommendations for implementing the Global Fragility Act

Getting from Here to There: Successful Implementation of the Global Fragility Act

June 01, 2020

Recommendations for Implementing the Global Fragility Act

Today’s violent conflicts are much more complex and protracted, and traditional development assistance and diplomacy have not kept pace. The status quo is not working. The challenges facing peacebuilding at this moment are significant, complex, and interconnected. They require new ways of working to...

Global Fragility Act report recommendations

Colleen Devlin

Micaela Iveson

Eric Keels

May 26, 2020

Co-Managing Peace: Natural Resources, Agreement Design, and the Promotion of Peace After War

This report examines how co-management approaches to natural resource management affect the strength and durability of peace agreements following civil wars.

May 05, 2020

Could AI Untangle the Puzzle of Enterprise Lending in Fragile States?

A new fact sheet on leveraging artificial intelligence to enable enterprise lending in fragile and conflict-affected states like Somalia.

April 16, 2020

New Research Examines Opportunities for Improving Maritime Security in West Africa

A new report by One Earth Future Foundation’s Stable Seas program explores the connections between crime and insecurity in the maritime domain and instability onshore in the Gulf of Guinea, one of the world’s more complex maritime security environments.

stable seas examines maritime insecurity and violence in the gulf of guinea

Colleen Devlin

Sarah M. Glaser

Ciera Villegas

Natasia Poinsatte

January 28, 2020

Rough Seas: The Cause and Consequences of Fisheries Conflict in Somali Waters

As competition for finite fisheries resources increases, the risks of violent conflict over fisheries also rise. Where and when can we expect fisheries conflict to occur?

January 10, 2020

Rough Seas: The Causes And Consequences Of Fisheries Conflict In Somali Waters

Rough Seas: The Causes and Consequences of Fisheries Conflict in Somali Waters explores the frequency, intensity, and drivers of fisheries conflict in Somali waters between 1990 and 2018.

Victor Odundo Owuor

Dianna E. Almanza

December 20, 2019

Is Blockchain an Answer to Enterprise Development in Fragile States?

In an increasingly networked and digital world in which millions of transactions are recorded daily, the potential of data tampering in centralized ledgers that are the primary depository of these records can not be overemphasized. To partially confront this challenge, distributed ledger technologie...

Sarah M. Glaser

Paige M. Roberts

Kaija J. Hurlburt

December 06, 2019

Foreign Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing in Somali Water Perpetuates Conflict

Somali waters have high fisheries production potential, but the sustainability of those fisheries is compromised by the presence of foreign fishing vessels, many of them fishing illegally. The Somali domestic fishing sector is small and relatively nascent, but foreign vessels have fished in Somali w...

November 26, 2019

New Policy Brief: Business Can Support R2P Efforts

A policy brief by OEF Research explores what role the private sector can have in supporting the Responsibility to Protect principle.

Conor Seyle

Jinghong Wang

November 25, 2019

Private Sector Peacebuilding: A Review of Past Cases and Lessons Learned

This report reviews a dozen case studies of business engagement in peacebuilding across a variety of private sector actors, strategies, and time. It was developed as a partnership with UN Peacebuilding Support Office and PeaceNexus Foundation with engagement from the UN Global Compact, and is intend...

Erica Chenoweth

October 30, 2019

Women’s Participation and The Fate Of Nonviolent Campaigns

This research examines the effects of women’s representation in resistance movements on their choice of strategies and movement effectiveness. The Women in Resistance (WiRe) data set is the first attempt to assess resistance movements on the degree to which they incorporate women into their politica...

Paige M. Roberts

Laura C. Burroughs

Ahmed-Yasin Osman Moge

October 10, 2019

The Potential for Fisheries Co-Management in the Somali Region

The Somalia Fisheries Forum 2019 in Garowe convened fisheries stakeholders to design a roadmap for successful small-scale fisheries in the region. As part of the forum, participants discussed the potential for cooperative management (co-management) to be implemented in Somali coastal communities. Co...

Clayton Besaw

October 08, 2019

Unpacking Russian Presidential Speech Patterns with Machine Learning

This analysis utilizes a machine learning methodology known as topic modeling to identify and uncover thematic trends in Russian presidential speech data from 1999 to 2020.

Federal Government of Somalia Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources

Puntland Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources

Secure Fisheries

September 24, 2019

Somali Fisheries Forum 2019 Outcome Report

This report includes highlights from the second Somalia Fisheries Forum, its reception from attendees and media, and key findings and recommendations from each of the sessions.

Eric Keels

August 01, 2019

Risky Business: Assessing the Success of Investments in Somalia

Drawing on data from One Earth Future’s Shuraako program, this report assesses the relationship between direct funding, proximity to violence, and proximity to international funding on the income of businesses in Somalia.

Robert Mazurek

July 14, 2019

Strengthening Maritime Resources to Combat Illegal Fishing in the Indian Ocean

This report provides conclusions and their policy implications from the Caught Red-Handed workshops, hosted in ten Indian Ocean nations, while proposing three essential state-based actions to tackle illegal fishing.

Paige M. Roberts

Ahmed-Yasin Osman Moge

Kaija J. Hurlburt

June 24, 2019

Project Badweyn: Somali Coastal Development Opportunities

This report provides a targeted, original analysis of Somali fisheries. Development opportunities are analyzed for sustainability and feasibility to provide recommendations for investment in the Somali fisheries sector.