The RMMS Mixed Migration Summary is now available : a summary of mixed migration statistics, issues and analysis from the Horn of Africa and Yemen for the months of December 2011 and January 2012. As always trends and conditions are changing and tens of thousands of people have been on the move against a turbulent … Seguir leyendo Regional mixed migration summary for December 2011 & January 2012
Significant attention has focused on the possibility that climate change will displace large populations in the developing world, but few multivariate studies have investigated climate-induced migration. We use event history methods and a unique longitudinal dataset from the rural Ethiopian highlands to investigate the effects of drought on population mobility over a 10-year period. The … Seguir leyendo Drought and population mobility in rural Ethiopia
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programs encompass many different kinds of activities, but share the fundamental objective of enhancing the capacity of vulnerable communities to identify, reduce and manage risk, whether it be at the local, regional or national level. Ethiopia is one of the most food-insecure countries in the world, but only recently has the … Seguir leyendo Baseline Report — Africa Community Resilience Project