Coronavirus

The new coronavirus is spreading into conflict-affected states. The pandemic and efforts to contain it are much more likely to aggravate and multiply ...

This report by Verso Consulting unpacks the complexity of Pakistan’s border dynamics with Afghanistan by focusing research activity on three key bo...

A coronavirus outbreak in Tachileik has shone a rare spotlight on border-based hotels, KTVs and casinos with links to powerful armed groups, whose ...

Because of Covid-19 restrictions, researchers have had to find alternative ways of getting information.

How political, security and socio-economic developments affect the people living in contested borderlands and, reversely, how border dynamics shape ch...

This report, prepared by the Afghan Center for Socio-Economic and Opinion Research (ACSOR), conveys findings through a qualitative analysis to unders...

Pouring money into health infrastructure will have little effect if qualified doctors have few incentives to stay.

This report examines the history of epidemic disease in this region in order to shed light on the current COVID-19 pandemic and its likely course. R...

Complex crises tend to expose our worst faults and bare our best-kept biases. They also turn old inequalities into urgent problems, as crisis governan...

The Covid-19 crisis has once again focused attention on political fragmentation in Myanmar, especially along ethnic divides.

The safe return of migrant workers from Thailand amid the pandemic has required an unprecedented degree of cooperation between the government and arme...

National response to the virus has rapidly become a new factor in Sudan and South Sudan’s cross-border political economy.

The impact on the khat trade in particular is a good illustration of the economy’s regional and international connections, and the effects of anti-COV...

Coronavirus has caused import volumes into South Sudan to plummet by 50% – having profound effects on stressed food systems.

Economies in the Middle East and North Africa are suffering from supply chain problems due to the coronavirus.