New study on the socio-economic impact of anti-vehicle mines in Angola The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD), SIPRI and King’s College London (KCL) have released a new...
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Mine Action, Early Recovery and Peacebuilding Needs Assessment of South Kordofan and Blue Nile States in Sudan, Final report, February 2019
Executive Summary This study seeks to chart the drivers and dynamics of peace in the Sudanese states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan to contextually situate mine action, mitigate risks and maximise...
Les petites catastrophes érodent la résilience des ménages : la capacité d’absorption des ménages en butte aux inondations à Niamey, Niger
La résilience urbaine est un produit de la capacité des ménages à absorber le stress, à s’adapter et à transformer la marge d’action en gestion du risque. Cette note politique décrit dans ses grandes...
Understanding everyday and disaster risks in Karonga Town, Malawi
This policy brief presents information on the full spectrum of risks facing the inhabitants of Karonga, and these have been identified by Karonga residents as resulting in premature death or injury...
Small disasters erode household resilience: the absorptive capacity of flood-prone households in Niamey, Niger
This brief outlines a new methodology developed to investigate aspects of resilience in very poor urban contexts where economic assets are universally constrained. It was developed in response to...
Mali + 7 more
Regional Humanitarian Challenges in the Sahel
By Antonio Donini and Giulia Scalettaris The Sahel rarely makes headlines. Until the early 2000s, it was on the margins of geopolitical interest and of humanitarian action and debate. Today, the...
Syria + 3 more
No End in Sight: A Case Study of Humanitarian Action and the Syria Conflict
Abstract As part of a larger research project—Planning from the Future—which examines the past, present, and future of humanitarian action globally, this case study identifies the main blockages and...
Linking Preparedness Response and Resilience in Emergency Contexts (LPRR): Philippines Case Study Policy Recommendations
Authors: Rebecca Murphy, Mark Pelling, Emma Visman and Simone Di Vicenz This policy brief outlines the core messages and recommendations coming out from the study that explored Christian Aid Typhoon...
World + 1 more
Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy: Implications for Humanitarian Response
This policy brief presents the implications of Sweden’s feminist foreign policy for the people they strive to assist, Sweden’s own humanitarian policy and operations, and more broadly the whole...
World + 2 more
Scaling up existing social safety nets to provide humanitarian response
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...
Is Emergency Cash Transfer Programming (CTP) ‘fit for the future’? Final Report
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...
Is Emergency Cash Transfer Programming (CTP) ‘fit for the future’? Financing of cash transfer programming
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...
Is Emergency Cash Transfer Programming (CTP) ‘fit for the future’? Coordination of Cash Transfer Programming
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...
Ethiopia + 1 more
Scaling up existing social safety nets to provide humanitarian response: 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 Programming ‘Fit for the Future’? The research was commissioned by the Cash Learning Partnership...
The Humanitarian Emergency Settings Perceived Needs Scale (HESPER): Manual with Scale
General Introduction Needs assessments are vital to identify the needs that are present in an affected population, and to inform the humanitarian response. There have been repeated recommendations...
A Review of Peace Operations - A Case for Change
This report evaluates the dynamics of peacekeeping, providing four country studies of peace operations in East Timor, Kosovo, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan. The following broad common themes are...