We examine whether frontier rule, which disallows frontier residents from recourse to formal institutions of conflict … 10km-by10km grid cell-level data on conflict in a spatial regression discontinuity design framework, we show that areas … represented a universal shock to grievances against the state which, in the absence of formal avenues of conflict management, led …

We examine whether frontier rule, which disallows frontier residents from a recourse to formal institutions of conflict …km-by10km grid cell-level data on conflict in a spatial regression discontinuity design framework, we show that areas … conflict management, led to a sharp surge in attacks against state targets in frontier areas. We show that the surge in …

This paper presents data from a study of Syrian diaspora organizations providing assistance to conflict …

. Alternatively, policy makers looking to scale-up could achieve greater success by enlisting trusted local partners. …

. Political institutions and organizational infrastructure for policy consultations, strategic analysis, knowledge management and …During the recent food crisis, developing countries responded with a wide variety of policy responses to protect their … population. Understanding the policy-making process in developing countries is important to know why such policy responses are …

production and employment. Similar policy responses have emerged across the region, centred on temporary and inadequate relief … region's limited power on global financial markets, which has constrained both relief programmes and fiscal policy. Moreover … fuel imports. Limited policy responses have also reflected the depth of inequality in Southern Africa. Both businesses and …

. We argue that more successful cases did not try to implement a golden policy template but rather pragmatically adopted …