The new US fragility strategy can be transformational – but requires careful implementationComment | 25 January 2021 | Kathryn Nwajiaku-Dahou, Alina Rocha Menocal, Alastair McKechnie, Marcus Manuel, Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthyThe new US Global Fragility Strategy could be transformational for the world's most fragile regions and help reset the US's role on the global stage. Read and comment
Beyond the pandemic: strengthening Somalia’s health system Insight | 7 October 2020 | Sorcha O'Callaghan, Fawziya Abkiar Nur, Amy Kesterton, Peter de ClercqFollowing Covid-19, years of low state capacity and inconsistent donor efforts, the Somali government has begun a new plan to revitalise its health sector. Read and comment
Strengthening Somalia’s health systems: emerging stronger from Covid-19Briefing papers | October 2020 | Gregory J. Wilson and Sarah ReddExamining how Somalia can build a sustainable health system for the long term. Downloads
War crashes higher education systems – countries like Somalia need a system-wide reboot Insight | 30 June 2020 | Arnaldo PelliniThe system-wide damage to higher education caused by conflict can only be addressed through systems thinking and collective effort. Read and comment
Research in Somalia: opportunities for cooperationResearch reports and studies | February 2020 | Arnaldo Pellini with Deqa I. Abdi, Guled Salah, Hussein Yusuf Ali, Kalinaki Lawrence Quintin, Mohamed Abdi Hassan, Salim Said, Amina Khan and Ed LawsAs Somalia builds its institutions and shifts towards a federal system, this report investigates opportunities for research cooperation in the country. Downloads
Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crisis (SPARC)Projects | January 2020 to December 2025Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crisis (SPARC) is a research consortium supporting pastorialist knowledge sharing. Find out more
The 2017 pre-famine response in Somalia: progress on reform?Research reports and studies | January 2019 | Maxine Clayton, Ahmed Abdi Ibrahim and Badra YusufReviewing the 2017 pre-famine response in Somalia through the lens of the Grand Bargain: what lessons have been learned, and what could still be improved? Downloads
Building livelihood and community resilience: lessons from Somalia and ZimbabweWorking and discussion papers | January 2019 | John Twigg and Margherita CalderoneDeveloping a theoretical conceptualisation of resilience and operational guidance on resilience-building in fragile environments. Downloads
Funding to local humanitarian actors: Somalia case studyResearch reports and studies | October 2018 | Nisar Majid, Khalif Abdirahman, Lydia Poole and Barnaby Willitts-KingCase study exploring humanitarian funding patterns in Somalia tracking how direct and indirect funding reaches local and national humanitarian actors. Downloads
Funding to local humanitarian actors: evidence from Somalia and South SudanBriefing papers | October 2018 | Barnaby Willitts-King, Nisar Majid, Mo Ali and Lydia PooleFocusing at Somalia and South Sudan, this policy brief explores how much funding is provided ‘as locally as possible’ to national humanitarian actors. Downloads
