Ghassan Baliki

Work permits for refugees as social protection during polycrises: Evidence from refugees in Jordan during the COVID-19 pandemic

Wolfgang Stojetz,  Piero Ronzani,  Ghassan Baliki,  Tilman Brück,  Sarah Fenzl

This paper studies the social protection of refugees during a pandemic. A pandemic adds to the many existing challenges refugees face, creating a dangerous polycrisis. […]

Gendered effects of climate and conflict shocks on food security in Sudan and the mitigating role of social protection

Aysegül Kayaoglu,  Ghassan Baliki,  Tilman Brück, 

Climate change and violent conflict are defining challenges of our time. However, it is not yet understood how they interact in shaping human welfare and […]

The impacts of armed conflict on human development: a review of the literature

Paola Vesco,  Ghassan Baliki,  Tilman Brück,  Debarati Guha-Sapir,  Jonathan Hall,  Stefan Döring, Anneli Eriksson, Hanne Fjelde, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Maxine R. Leis, Hannes Mueller, Christopher Rauh, Ida Rudolfsen, Ashok Swain, Alexa Timlick, Phaidon T. B. Vassiliou, Johan von Schreeb, Nina von Uexkull, Håvard Hegre

The detrimental impacts of wars on human development are well documented across research domains, from public health to micro-economics. However, these impacts are studied in […]

How to conduct impact evaluations in humanitarian and conflict settings

Aysegül Kayaoglu,  Ghassan Baliki,  Dorothee Weiffen,  Tilman Brück,  Melodie Al Daccache, 

Methodological, ethical and practical challenges make it difficult to use experimental and rigorous quasi-experimental approaches to conduct impact evaluations in humanitarian emergencies and conflict settings […]

Conducting (Long-term) Impact Evaluations in Humanitarian and Conflict Settings: Evidence from a complex agricultural intervention in Syria

Aysegül Kayaoglu,  Ghassan Baliki,  Tilman Brück, 

The number of vulnerable people in humanitarian emergencies worldwide is increasing due to the rising frequency and intensity of risk exposure. At the same time, […]

Violent conflict moderates food security impacts of agricultural asset transfers in Syria: A heterogeneity analysis using machine learning

Dorothee Weiffen,  Ghassan Baliki,  Tilman Brück, 

Agricultural interventions are one of the key policy tools to strengthen the food security of households living in conflict settings. Yet, given the complex nature […]

Micro-Foundations of Fragility: Concepts, Measurement and Application

Ghassan Baliki,  Tilman Brück,  Neil Ferguson,  Sindu W. Kebede

We explore the micro-foundations of fragility by discussing how to measure the exposure to fragility at the individual level. We focus on two notions that […]