CRU’s Horn of Africa Programme focuses on how informality – and specifically informal economies – can be harnessed to strengthen stabilisation strategies in the region.
Countries in the Horn of Africa share a key characteristic that determines both their vulnerability and resilience in the face of violent conflict: the formal politics of boundaries, sovereign state, formal institutions and budgets coexist with the oftentimes even more important informal bargaining over resources and power that decides upon stability and development, or the lack thereof, in the region. This research programme focuses on how and under what conditions informality – and specifically informal economies, particularly but not exclusively with regard to migrants and smuggling networks – actually thwarts or promotes the consolidation of stable and inclusive societies, and to what extend international efforts in the region contribute to this dynamic.
Conflict and Fragility
Nieuw akkoord in Soedan is een overwinning voor de generaals09 Jan 2023 - 16:05
Business and Fragility
Designed in Ethiopia; made in China 'a widening partnership'30 Jul 2021 - 10:47
Conflict and Fragility
Russia’s growing presence in Africa & implication for EU policy16 Jun 2022 - 17:54
Conflict and Fragility
A clash of nationalisms and the remaking of the Ethiopian State14 Apr 2022 - 14:38
Conflict and Fragility
Fisheries Co-Management: a Promise of Hope for Somalia’s Economy08 Feb 2022 - 13:41
Conflict and Fragility
The struggle over political finance in Ethiopia’s transition03 Feb 2021 - 10:12