The southern Sudan vulnerability study

USAID have funded a study on vulnerability in southern Sudan. This largely anthropological study was carried out between May 1997 and June 1998 and is intended for the use of humanitarian aid workers. The final report describes the political, kinship, religious and economic structures amongst the Dinka, before going on to look at the welfare structure, the circumstances surrounding vulnerability, and possible ways of addressing that vulnerability in welfare interventions. It ends with case study examples of the situation on the ground (from the Paliau area of north Bor and the Thiek Thou area of northern Bahr el Ghazal) and concludes with a section on the implications of the research for better relief interventions.