Afghanistan
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CPAN’s work in Afghanistan explores poverty dynamics and vulnerability of people in and near poverty, with a focus on specific groups such as women and young adults. Our latest research shows the impact of Covid-19, climate-induced shocks and stressors, and armed conflict on people living in poverty.
“We will die by poverty before dying of Covid”: Interview
Afghanistan experienced an extraordinary situation in 2021 that presents a complex example of how an intensified level of conflict and the global COVID-19 pandemic added to an increasing prevalence of drought due to climate change has been affecting people’s livelihoods from from different angles. Orzala Nemat and Vidya Diwakar discuss this issue and research that investigates overlapped crises.