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First, do no harm: conflict sensitivity in Marawi City When a disaster strikes, aid interventions can have unintended consequences, and lead to social tensions and ultimately more violence – even in...

Study 1: The Impact of COVID-19 on Female Employees: Corporate Responses, Good Practices and the Way Forward A research survey was carried out from March to June 2020 by TÜSİAD, TÜRKONFED and UN...

By Weiyi Wang, Ozan Cakmak, and Kurt Hagemann The number of forcibly displaced persons has been rising in recent years, and many displacements have become protracted. However, public resources...

This Connecting Business initiative (CBi) document presents the importance of gender in private sector and disaster management, as well as the interconnections between these themes. Developed in two...

Key Messages The Caribbean region is exposed to a high level of vulnerabilities due to the structure of its economies. In particular, the region is exposed on account of the high trade/ GDP ratios, a...

Prepared by the Fragile and Conflict Situations (FCS) / International Development Association (IDA) Coordination Unit, IFC, in collaboration with FCS Africa, Africa Region, IFC The COVID-19 pandemic...

The coronavirus pandemic is fast pushing developing countries toward a debt crisis that would be catastrophic for their fight against poverty, with the likelihood of multi-billion-dollar defaults...

Amanda Bisong and Anna Knoll The private sector plays an important role in achieving development outcomes and its engagement can help strengthen the link between displacement, migration and...

Executive summary Aim and audience of this evaluation The overall aim of this formative centralized evaluation is to strengthen UNHCR’s understanding of how to better engage and partner with the...

Executive Summary Bangladesh is currently providing an enormous global public good by hosting more than one million Rohingya refugees, over 740,000 of whom crossed the border from Myanmar between...

By Graham Watkins, Mariana Silva, Amanda Rycerz, Katie Dawkins, John Firth, Val Kapos and Laura Canevar Introduction As greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, climate change impacts are becoming...

by Edward Cameron, Julie Arrighi, Fleur Monasso, Pablo Suarez, Eddie Jjemba and Carina Bachofen Illustrations by Rebeka Ryvola Executive summary Climate impacts are intensifying around the world with...

Does channelling aid into private sector partnerships always lead to the best development outcomes? Marc Cohen Aid donors increasingly assume that private sector partnerships are crucial for global...

Rampant wars, conflict, and persecution are driving the world’s displaced population to record high numbers. According to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), by the end of 2017,...

Abstract For more than two decades, the private sector in the Sudan (henceforth, Sudan), including non-governmental organisations and for-profit providers, has played a key role in delivering...

Executive Summary Adapting to the impacts of climate change, whether at the national, sub-national or community level, is not the responsibility of national governments alone. It requires the...

Kenya Economic Update: Transforming Agricultural Productivity to Achieve Food Security for All STORY HIGHLIGHTS The new Kenya economic update shows that boosting agricultural productivity can help...

Executive Summary Providing adequate cooking fuel and clean-burning, fuel-efficient stoves in displacement settings has long been a major challenge for local authorities, humanitarian agencies,...

Executive Summary This report presents the findings of a two-year learning project focused on identifying effective, peace-positive roles for the private sector in fragile and conflict-affected...

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), is implementing the program on “Strengthening Capacity of Government, Local Humanitarian...