Climate change amplifies a society’s existing inequalities and poses unique threats to the livelihoods, health, and safety of women, children, and other marginalized groups. For example, during prolonged droughts, women and girls often need to travel greater distances to get water and firewood for their

The village network of Peny Peny is not a hard hat zone. Nevertheless, construction there is constant. Situated within the arid highlands of Kapoeta North County in the Eastern Equatoria state of South Sudan, it is home to the Toposa people, a semi-nomadic tribal community consisting of around 2,500

In years to come, climate change will play an increasingly influential role in human mobility around the world. Faced with extreme drought, floods, and sea-level rise, many people will be forced to or choose to leave their homes in search of safety and better livelihoods elsewhere. In most cases, this climate-

Representatives from our FCDO-funded High Volume Transport Applied Research (HVT) programme participated in the Transforming Transportation conference, which took place on March 14 – 15 in Washington DC. Transforming Transportation is an annual event, hosted by the World Bank,

Our High-Volume Transport Applied Research (HVT) programme has launched a practical tool for decision makers and citizens to tackle sexual harassment in urban transport in Sub-Saharan Africa. Transport and urban development are intrinsically linked and are vital to growing economic activity and

As many low-income countries see rapid and sprawling urbanization, how can transport infrastructures keep people and goods moving? Can the latest transport planning approach of transit-oriented development (TOD) be an answer to boosting economic growth without adding to transport-related