A case study of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme and Kenya’s Hunger Safety Net Programme This thematic report has been undertaken as part of a 2013 research study entitled, Is Cash Transfer...
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A case study of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme and Kenya’s Hunger Safety Net Programme This thematic report has been undertaken as part of a 2013 research study entitled, Is Cash Transfer...
The private sector has long been a major contributor to humanitarian action. At the community level, businesses frequently use their materials and resources to aid people affected by crises. As local...
Executive Summary The aim of this paper is to provide a broad based overview of some of the trends and issues in the existing literature around the evolving engagement of the private sector in...
This paper explores how recent extreme events, particularly the 2010 simultaneous hazards, have or have not catalysed changes in perceptions, practices and policies relating to private sector...
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In support of building a better understanding and knowledge base of the private sector’s engagement in and contribution to Australia’s humanitarian action policy and strategic and operational work,...
Purpose of the guidelines These guidelines are for humanitarian and development practitioners looking to effectively integrate relevant scientific understandings of risk within their...
This paper explores the role of the private sector in humanitarian action in Kenya. Kenya was selected as a case study because it has a vibrant and innovative private sector, a history of severe and...
This paper addresses the role of the private sector in humanitarian action in Indonesia and broad patters of engagement between the humanitarian and the private sectors. In analysing these issues,...
This is the final report developed as part of a research project, commissioned by the Cash Learning Partnership and undertaken by the Humanitarian Futures Programme, that explores what cash transfer...
This paper analyses the role of the private sector in humanitarian action in Haiti, with a particular focus on the response to the devastating earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince in 2010. During...
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This paper addresses the role of the private sector in contributing to humanitarian action in Jordan. It examines the on-going Syrian refugee crisis, which has created opportunities as well as...
This report was developed as part of a research project, commissioned by the Cash Learning Partnership and undertaken by the Humanitarian Futures Programme, that explores what cash transfer...
Introduction The Humanitarian Futures Programme (HFP), in conjunction with the Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP), is undertaking research on the future of cash transfer programming (CTP) in 2020-2025...
As the international humanitarian landscape evolves, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are faced with many challenges and questions about their own potential futures. To explore these questions,...
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This thematic report has been undertaken as part of a 2013 research study entitled, Is Cash Transfer Programming ‘Fit for the Future’? The research was commissioned by the Cash Learning Partnership...
Dr. Randolph Kent, Director of the Humanitarian Futures Programme (HFP) King's College, London It’s happening, but the international community seems to remain oblivious to the ever more evident fact...
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One year on from the UK Humanitarian Emergency Response Review (HERR), the Humanitarian Futures Programme is to review how anticipation - the first among seven key components accepted by the British...
Ground-breaking research into private sector-humanitarian engagement By Joanne Burke, HFP Partnerships Manager A study by HFP identifies new ways in which the private sector can play a wider and more...
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A scoping study of the response in Kenya and Somalia Summary This scoping study provides a snapshot of the engagement of the commercial sector in the humanitarian response to the Horn of Africa...
Governments of some of the most disaster-prone countries in the world are increasingly rejecting the ‘Western’ approach to prevention, preparedness and response to humanitarian threats. The message...