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Land Tenure and Climate Resilience: Household Level Evidence from Kenya
How does land ownership affect the strategies people use to manage climate-related threats? Kathleen Klaus and Emma Elfversson examines how various dimensions of land ownership – ownership systems, the strength and scope of formal rights, and individuals' perceived security of ownership – influence climate adaptation, collective organizing, or potentially violent strategies to defend or reclaim land.
Published 12 August 2025 – Read more
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What is most effective – core funding or earmarked funding?
Global challenges and tightened aid spending reinforce the importance of effective development financing. EBA and the German Institute for Development Evaluation, DEval have compiled what we know about the effectiveness of core funding and earmarked funding to multilateral organisations. The review indicates that core funding is more effective than earmarked funding, as it gives greater autonomy and enables strategic and long-term planning. But there are still some evidence gaps.
Published 24 June 2025 – Read more
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What Are They Fighting For?
A new EBA report by researchers Johan Brosché, Sebastian Raattamaa and Kate Lonergan shows that peace agreements that miss the core issues of the conflict are at risk of failing quickly. By analysing over 250 peace agreements and a brand new data set, the authors have gained insights into how peace negotiations and treaties should be designed to achieve more sustainable outcomes.
Published 23 June 2025 – Read more
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2025:02

Climate and Environment

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Land Tenure and Climate Resilience: Household Level Evidence from Kenya

Kathleen Klaus, Emma Elfversson

How does land ownership and climate change affect people's lives in Kenya? Land is a central element of economic prosperity and social power, and changes in land use can lead to conflicts, inequalities, and migration. Climate change,...

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2025:01

Peace, Security and Conflict

Analysis

What Are They Fighting For? An Issue-based Approach to the Analysis and Resolution of Civil War

Johan Brosché, Sebastian Raattamaa, Kate Lonergan

Analysis of armed conflicts often focus on the fighting parties and their behaviour. In this EBA report the authors argues that achieving sustainable peace requires an issue-based approach, emphasizing the core issues that parties fight...

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2024:10

Democracy and Human Rights, Economic Development

Extreme Poverty and Marginalisation in Bangladesh: Drivers and Lessons for Development Cooperation

Owasim Akram, Mathilde Maîtrot, Joe Devine

Bangladesh has experienced significant economic development in recent years, but the prevalence of extreme poverty among minority groups remains high. This study examines how exclusion, discrimination, and structural barriers contribute to...

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