A Honduran woman walks with her family

Saliendo Adelante: Why migrants risk it all

To better understand the data behind one’s decision to migrate and how motivations differ across municipalities, Creative conducted a comprehensive study of the local factors that drive people to migrate from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. Comprising 100,000 data points, the study included extensive research and in-person surveys with 2,400 people in high-migration municipalities....
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Reframing Fragility and Resilience Series

This five-part series on Fragility and Resilience by Pauline Baker, President Emeritus of the Fund for Peace, examines complex dynamics in fragile states and factors that can both promote and counteract resilience in societies and governance systems....
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Reframing State Fragility and Resilience: The Way Forward

The final paper in the five-part “Fragility and Resilience” series by Pauline Baker, this paper pulls from the findings from the first aggregate research paper plus the three preceding case studies on Egypt, Honduras and Pakistan to examine and clarify the challenge of fragile states and the fragility and resilience model. It summarizes principal findings of the series and maps out implications for governance and peacebuilding practitioners....
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Honduras: From Oasis of Tranquility to Killing Field

The third paper in the five-part “Fragility and Resilience” series by Pauline Baker, this paper analyzes the complexities of Honduras, including epidemic rates of violence and income inequality set against an idyllic backdrop of beaches and luxury hotels. Analyzing a domestic opposition movement that condemned economic injustice, lack of security, and the erosion of democracy, Baker asks if this could represent a turning point for the country....
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