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Many of poverty's root causes can be found in conflict over resources, philosophies and goals. Mercy Corps believes that engaging potential adversaries in productive dialogue can lead to mutually beneficial solutions for change. Conflict resolution today can help avoid tomorrow's wars and other crises.

Blog Post: Simple is sustainable ›

International development doesn’t have to be complicated to work — in fact, in most cases, it probably shouldn’t be.

Blog Post: A fragile peace is shaken ›

Country: Tajikistan

Just a couple of weeks after celebrating the National Day of Reconciliation, tensions are rising here in Rasht; ghosts of the country's civil war seem to be more than just apparitions.

Blog Post: My meeting with Vice President Biden ›

Country: Iraq

Last Friday, I participated in a small roundtable discussion with Vice President Biden, General Odierno, two ambassadors and a Sheikh to discuss reconciliation in Iraq.

Blog Post: Opportune dialogue in Honduras ›

Country: Honduras

As the political crisis in Honduras continues, Mercy Corps Program Supervisor Carlos Soto remembers the importance of proposing solutions, not fighting.

Blog Post: Signing your name to it ›

Every July 4, I read the U.S. Declaration of Independence — while its prose is eloquent, to me its real, enduring power lay in the immediate action that brought it to life.

Blog Post: Getting to "yes" in Iraq ›

Country: Iraq

Iraqis are celebrating on the streets as the U.S. withdraws its troops from the major urban areas of Iraq, but the fresh violence in Kirkuk serves as a sober reminder of a fragile security condition.

Blog Post: A ritual for healing ›

Country: Tajikistan

The soul is significant in building community capacity through relating, healing and celebrating.

More Than Run-of-the-Mill Progress ›

Country: Kosovo

Prospects for Kosovo’s future stability and prosperity rest in returning and re-integrating internally displaced people and refugee populations to their native homes.

Blog Post: Lost and found: notes from last summer ›

Country: Tajikistan

I’m lost. Well, not completely. I know I’m in the remote Rasht Valley, looking for the village where my Tajik colleagues and I will sleep for the night.

Blog Post: Peace begins with honesty ›

“All war is based on deception,” said Sun Tzu. So does that mean that all peace is based on honesty?

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Since the late 1990s, Mercy Corps has implemented more than 70 peace-building programs in 20 war-torn countries.

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