Miercoles, 10 Abril, 2024
A mutually reinforcing cycle of chronic poverty, economic exclusion, social marginalization, and frequent shocks drives fragile conditions throughout the Sahel region. As shocks due to climate change, rising food prices, and conflict increase in...
Jueves, 28 Marzo, 2024
When it came to the cash distribution in Sudan, local actors’ understanding of the target neighbourhood contexts and fast changing dynamics were central to success. Without local leadership there would have been no way forward for effective...
Lunes, 25 Marzo, 2024
Forced displacement often forces children out of school and into employment at a young age. This disruption in their human capital formation leads to poverty in the long term. This column demonstrates that unconditional cash transfers provided to...
Lunes, 23 Octubre, 2023
Since October 7th, the Gaza Strip has been facing the most severe escalations of violence since its blockade which started in 2007. As of October 18th, the number of IDPs in Gaza is estimated at over one million, half of which are finding refuge in...
Viernes, 8 Septiembre, 2023
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) estimates that it supports one-third of all the people in the country, working largely through those government structures. Despite that support, a recent U.N. food security review found that a quarter of all...
Domingo, 25 Junio, 2023
Humanitarian needs have reached an unprecedented high. Today, around 339 million require lifesaving humanitarian assistance. Multiple protracted conflicts, coupled with a rise in global food prices and the increasingly devastating impacts of climate...
Jueves, 25 Mayo, 2023
In fragile and conflict-affected north-eastern Nigeria, social assistance delivery has evolved from a near absence of any form of systematic and organised approach to a promising attempt to coordinate and deliver services to the most vulnerable...
Viernes, 23 Septiembre, 2022
As the toll from Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine continues to mount, albeit interspersed by some rare glimpses of hope, the implications for global aid are becoming clearer, and more worrying.
The effects on aid are both indirect and direct. In...
Martes, 20 Septiembre, 2022
The numbers are stark: this year, 274 million people will need humanitarian assistance, 39 million more than last year (UNOCHA 2022). Conflict, major flooding, and droughts have increased globally over the past decade, causing widespread displacement....
Viernes, 2 Septiembre, 2022
In recent years, there has been a push backed by some of the largest donor and relief organisations to plant the seeds of social protection systems in even the most difficult protracted crisis settings. The case for doing so seems compelling enough: to...