LIFT has an increased geographical focus on less accessible border areas in ethnic states and on conflict-affected areas, in order to support more sustainable and predictable approaches to poverty and hunger reduction in protracted crises. LIFT is therefore developing a more strategic approach to ensure conflict-sensitivity principles guide strategic direction, programme and project design, and implementation, including during monitoring and evaluation and in generating programme learning. This forms part of the LIFT commitment to ensure that LIFT’s work does not exacerbate conflicts, leaves no one behind, and that work in conflict-affected areas is accepted by key local actors.