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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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Alexandra Amling

Marie O'Reilly

October 18, 2016

From Global Promise to National Action: Advancing Women, Peace, and Security in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Philippines, Serbia, and Sierra Leone

In each country studied, there was broad consensus that the NAP increased awareness of priorities relating to women, peace, and security, and contributed to improved dialogue among policymakers, civil society, and the security sector.

Jens Vestergaard Madsen

Conor Seyle

September 12, 2016

The Power of Networks in Maritime Security

Understanding the Somali piracy crisis could make crossing the Mediterranean safer for refugees.

Conor Seyle

September 01, 2016

The Kenyan private sector's role in mass atrocity prevention, cessation, and recovery

There are numerous examples of ways in which the business sector has been and continues to be involved in activities that lead to mass atrocity crimes. These include instances such as when business cooperates with abusive state security services to violently suppress dissent, telecommunication compa...

Curtis Bell

Patrick W. Keys

July 01, 2016

Conditional Relationships Between Drought and Civil Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa

Few cross-national studies provide evidence of a relationship between environmental scarcity and conflict, although much of the literature claims that destabilizing effects of environmental crises can be mitigated by the right sociopolitical conditions. The authors analyzed drought severity and civi...

Conor Seyle

Chirag Bahri

Kellie Brandt

Alexander Dimitrievich

Karina Fernandez

Tom Holmer

Niyati Malhotra

June 24, 2016

After the Release: The Long-Term Behavioral Impact of Piracy on Seafarers and Families

More than 3,000 seafarers have been held hostage by Somali pirates since 2001, with a significant, but unknown, number of seafarers kidnapped in other parts of the world.

Jay Benson

Lee C. Sorensen

Alexandria E. Wise

Lindsay Heger

June 16, 2016

Somali Diaspora Investment Survey Report

Recommendations of this report are intended for the Somali business community (chambers of commerce, business associations, and the private sector), Somali financial institutions, diaspora members, the global community (including governments, multilateral organizations, and NGOs), and international ...

Jay B. Benson, Lindsay L. Heger, Lee C. Sorensen, Alexandria E. Wise

June 16, 2016

Somali Diaspora Investment Survey Report & Discussion Brief

This report assesses the preferences and behaviors of Somali Diaspora toward existing channels and opportunities for Somali-based investments and provides policy recommendations for how to better facilitate crucial investment.

Curtis Bell

June 10, 2016

What Happens After Glass Ceilings Shatter? The Influence a First Female Leader Has on Women’s Representation in Elected Offices

This paper leverages data from the fifty democracies that have had a female leader to better understand how women in the highest levels of government affect women’s representation in other elected offices.

The experiences of these countries offer little reason to believe a first female president or prime minister will soon be followed by another woman in power. However, countries with current and former female leaders have significantly more women in their legislatures, even after accounting for confounding factors like greater economic opportunities for women, greater gender equity, and legal gender quotas.

Kelsey Coolidge, David A. Poplack

March 01, 2016

Powering Progress II: Realizing The Potential Of Renewable Energy In Somaliland, Puntland, And South Central Somalia

The report explains key challenges in the Somali energy market, and explores the potential benefits to economy, society, and individuals that would arise from increased electrification.

Curtis Bell

February 17, 2016

Coup d’État and Democracy

This article explains coup activity in democracies by adapting insights from the literature on commitment problems and framing coup around the threats leaders and potential coup plotters pose to each other. The author uses several data sets of coup activity and democratic constraints to find signifi...

David Poplack

Kelsey Coolidge

February 01, 2016

Powering Progress II: The Potential of Renewable Energy in Somaliland, Puntland, and South Central Somalia

This report provides a common operating picture based on diverse information collected from renewable energy experts, development actors, donors, and Somali businesspeople in the traditional and emerging renewable energy market.

Maia Blume

February 01, 2016

Somali Skilled Workforce Survey Report

The Somali Renewable Energy Skilled Workforce Survey sought to better understand the current and future labor force needs to effectively grow the Somali renewable energy sector.

M Cecilia G Dalupan

December 23, 2015

Community Agreements and Mining: A New Frontier for Social Impact Investments

One Earth Future Foundation and RTC Impact Fund developed this study to explore the role that an impact investment fund may have in the negotiation of mining-related community agreements. This analysis is based on a review of relevant literature and interviews with stakeholders in select jurisdictio...

Curtis Bell

Jun Koga Sudduth

September 22, 2015

The Causes and Outcomes of Coup during Civil War

Though approximately one in four coup attempts takes place during an ongoing civil war, scholars have not yet analyzed how the incidence of civil war affects coup attempts and outcomes.

Sarah M. Glaser

Paige M. Roberts

Robert H. Mazurek

Kaija J. Hurlburt

Liza Kane-Hartnet

September 16, 2015

Securing Somali Fisheries

Securing Somali Fisheries is a comprehensive assessment of the domestic fisheries in the Somali region, the amount of foreign fishing in Somali waters, and the sustainability and economic conditions of those fisheries.

Danielle F. Jung

Lindsay Heger

September 11, 2015

Negotiating With Rebels: The Effect of Rebel Service Provision on Conflict Negotiations

When rebels provide social services, do they have more leverage negotiating the terms of a peace deal?

Jon Belish

June 01, 2015

The Issue of Juvenile Piracy

This chapter was published as part of the book Prosecuting Maritime Piracy, editors Michael P. Scharf, Michael Newton, and Milena Sterio (Cambridge University Press). The book addresses distinctive issues that arise during the course of domestic maritime piracy prosecutions.

Victor Odundo Owuor

February 01, 2015

Building a Business Ecosystem in Somalia | The Case for Business Associations

Business associations are an often incorrectly understood concept, even by individuals close to the institutions. It is documented that few, if any, business associations exist in present-day Somalia. Read a discussion about the challenges to business associations in post-conflict scenarios and the ...