Key Findings: Credit and loans from within Lebanon are the most commonly shared tangible resource. Cash gifts including remittances sent from abroad accounted for a much smaller percentage of...
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Key Findings: Credit and loans from within Lebanon are the most commonly shared tangible resource. Cash gifts including remittances sent from abroad accounted for a much smaller percentage of...
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Key Takeaways: The National Social Security Fund announced that it raised the exchange rate -- effective February 1 -- at which it calculates payments and transfers to 89,000 Lebanese pounds (LBP)...
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Key Findings: NLR declined from late 2019 to early 2021 and accelerated after fuel subsidies were lifted in May 2021 because most of Lebanon heavily relies on diesel-powered electricity generators...
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Key Findings: LCAT produced the economic vulnerability score (EVS) indicator to identify pockets of vulnerability at the local level using data on changes in NLR concentration and fuel prices, which...
Key Findings: Financial and banking laws have historically enabled Lebanese commercial banks to offer accounts and services denominated in foreign currencies, initiating early financial...
By Chiara Genovese Themes: multi-purpose cash, social safety net, accountability to affected populations, community engagement Disaster type: economic crisis, refugee crisis Executive Summary Since...
A new model of short-term, fee-based technical skills training in Ethiopia For the increasing numbers of young women and men transitioning out of pastoralism (TOPs) in the lowlands of Ethiopia, a...
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Countries characterized as fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS) are often highly susceptible to the impacts of the climate crisis. Many of these nations are geographically exposed to severe...
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Key Takeaways: Since October 8, Hezbollah and Israel have engaged in escalating tit-for-tat attacks along Lebanon’s southern border. Eleven civilians have been killed in the fighting and 31 others...
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By Rachel Norton (ISET-International), Barbara Rosen Jacobson (Mercy Corps), Kanmani Venkateswaran (ISET-International), Karen MacClune (ISET-International), and Debbie Hillier (Mercy Corps). ...
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Key Takeaways: The caretaker cabinet submitted its final version of the 2023 draft budget to parliament and continued its review of the 2024 draft budget in September. The latest version of the 2024...
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Key Takeaways: Fighting between rival factions in the Ain el Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp killed 13 people and heavily damaged multiple neighborhoods in late July and early August. After the...
Mercy Corps has been implementing the USAID funded Feed the Future Nigeria Rural Resilience Activity (RRA), a market systems development (MSD) program, in Northeast Nigeria since 2019. In response to...
Mercy Corps welcomes the unwavering support extended by the international community towards the recovery and reconstruction efforts in Ukraine. This support is instrumental in addressing the...
Executive Summary COVID-19 was a catastrophic global shock whose ripple effects suspended livelihoods, shut down markets, and overwhelmed safety nets. The pandemic continues to have protracted...
Mercy Corps welcomes the international community's support to Ukraine's recovery and reconstruction efforts. This is instrumental in enabling a transformative journey towards a sustainable future for...
Communities in Somalia are facing a deepening humanitarian crisis after two years of intense drought, followed by devastating floods in some parts of the country. This unprecedented drought is the...
Dear The Right Honourable Andrew Mitchell MP, Minister of State for Development and Africa for His Majesty’s Government We, the undersigned organisations, are writing to appeal urgently for your...
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The DREAMS model for poverty alleviation led by Mercy Corps and Village Enterprise is the recipient of* Fast Company’s *2023 World Changing Ideas Award for the EMEA region. The model was recognized...
Mercy Corps is deeply concerned about escalating conflict between gangs and civilians following last week's incident in which a mob killed 14 suspected gang members. Since the assassination of...