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Executive Summary Bangladesh has experienced multiple waves & surges of COVID-19 outbreak since 8 March 2020. The pandemic not only impacted the health sector, the nationwide lockdowns and other...

Highlights West Africa and Sahel are facing an unprecedented food insecurity driven by compounded multiple factors, including severe rainfall deficits, insecurity, soaring food prices and slow...

Typhoon Rai (known locally as Odette) hit the Philippines on 16 December 2021, with gusts of up to 270km/h and maximum sustained winds of 195km/h near the centre. Rai affected over 9.4 million people...

By Kate Long and Ellie Cole EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Between March 2019 and March 2021, thirteen of the DEC’s member agencies responded to the Cyclone Idai disaster in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. This...

BACKGROUND Three separate disasters caused extensive damage and loss of life and properties in Indonesia between July and December 2018. The first was a series of earthquakes – some of which reached...

INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background With the first and second surge of COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal, followed by lockdown with mobility restrictions imposed by the government to reduce the spread of the virus,...

Community Development and Sustainability This progress report highlights Year 4 achievements of the USAID-funded Livestock Market Systems (LMS) Program which is being implemented in Isiolo, Wajir,...

As of September 2021, 161 million people were estimated to be acutely food insecure. Most of these people live in countries where violent conflict is the main driver of hunger. Conflict has a direct...

Introduction The crisis in Syria continues to change, but the donor-funded aid response has failed to adapt. Syria has seen no major military offensives since March 2020, and although skirmishes,...

After an unprecedented shock in 2020, Morocco is entering a phase of normalization as the COVID-19 pandemic eases, the agricultural sector recovers, and external demand picks up. However, the...

Executive Summary Poverty and climate nexus needs special attention. Climate and disaster risk poses a serious threat to the socioeconomic development of Indonesia and undermines the country’s...

Context, Shocks/Events, and Impact of the Crisis Following 40 years of war and an already dire situation of increasing hunger, economic decline, price rises in food and other essential needs, and...

ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/CL6.GCP/2020/1 Introduction Least developed countries (LDCs) are highly representative of the most vulnerable and marginalized countries in the world. LDCs are...

Timor-Leste: Rebuilding After Cyclone Seroja Will Be Costly but Offers Opportunities to Strengthen Disaster Resilience Dili, January 23, 2022 – The cost of recovery from the severe damage caused by...

Urban-A has undertaken this study for NORCAP, to support the acceleration of clean energy across the humanitarian, development and peace sectors in complex environments and urban response settings...

By Munshi Sulaiman Abstract How can unconditional cash transfers (UCT) be leveraged to boost household incomes beyond addressing short-term food insecurity in a prolonged humanitarian crisis setting...

Introduction La parution de cette douzième édition du Rapport sur l’écart entre les besoins et les perspectives en matière de réduction des émissions du Programme des Nations Unies pour...

The lack of systematic research and peer-reviewed publications in the humanitarian sector—particularly in shelter and settlements assistance—sheds light on the need for stronger relationships between...

Par Louis Bockel, Aristide S. Ouedraogo, Kouakou Aphely Amon Auguste et Padmini Gopal 1 Introduction L'Afrique de l'Ouest produit et exporte 65 pourcent des fèves de cacao dans le monde. Cependant,...

OVERVIEW On 15 December 2021, tropical depression Twenty-Eight intensified over the western Pacific into typhoon Rai (locally known as Odette) (ECHO 13/12/2021; OCHA 15/12/2021). The typhoon reached...