This synthesis report presents qualitative and participatory research findings on beneficiary and community perceptions of five unconditional cash transfer programmes: two in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region (the Palestinian National Cash Transfer Programme (PNCTP) in Gaza and the West Bank, and the Social Welfare Fund (SWF) in Yemen); and three in sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya’s Cash Transfers for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT-OVC) programme, Mozambique’s Basic Social Subsidy Programme (PSSB), and Uganda’s Senior Citizen Grant (SCG), part of the Social Assistance Grants for

This report forms part of a one-year DFID-funded research project, implemented by Tearfund and ODI, that aims to explore the links between service delivery of water supply and sanitation and the wider processes of state-building and peace-building in fragile and conflict-affected states.

March 2013

Mikaela Gavas, Simon Levine, Simon Maxwell and Andrew Norton

This publication outlines details of a submission by researchers from the Overseas Development Institute for European Union Balance of Competences Review on the Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid Report.

Mengistu Dessalegn, Likimyelesh Nigussie, Wondwosen Michago, Josephine Tucker, Alan Nicol and Roger Calow

This assessment explores local water security in two very different sites in rural Ethiopia – a pastoral district in the eastern Somali region (Shinile), and a somewhat remote agricultural district in the south (Konso). The following questions were addressed using a combination of field research and analysis of available secondary data and literature:

This report considers water development undertaken by governments, both regional and national, NGOs, development partners and pastoralists themselves with that of the latter having evolved and continuing to evolve for far longer than the past 40 years. The report maps the institutions, policies, programmes and activities of different actors, so as to understand who is involved; where and how they are undertaking water development; whether and how approaches have changed over the past decades; and what some of the current interventions are.

Thabet Bagash, Paola Pereznieto and Khalid Dubai

This report investigates beneficiary and community perspectives on the social welfare fund in Yemen. This is one of six country reports for the DFID commissioned project: Transforming cash transfers: beneficiary and community perspectives on social protection programming. Each report provides robust evidence from the perspective of beneficiaries and their communities that will improve the quality and effectiveness of cash transfer programmes.

This report by Plan and ODI examines the continuing and deepening impact of the economic crisis on girls and young women worldwide.

Long standing economic trends, entrenched gender inequality and austerity budgets have all left girls and their families bearing the brunt of fewer resources and reduced access to services.

Key points

Key findings from the report include:

January 2013

Romilly Greenhill, Annalisa Prizzon and Andrew Rogerson

ODI Working Papers Issue 364

Over the last decade the aid landscape has changed dramatically. In 2000, development assistance was overwhelmingly provided by traditional donors. Today, this is being complemented by the growth of other forms of funding, including from non-DAC donors (such as China and Brazil), climate finance funds, social impact investors, philanthropists and global funds, as well as less concessional flows.