Before elaborating a Policy Research Brief and a set of technical assistance product to support UNICEF Country Offices in South Asia during the COVID-19 crisis in 2020 , the International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) collaborated with them...
Organiser: International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, IPC-IG, United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF
This brief provides a few examples of how Oxfam and partners have designed and adapted Cash and Voucher (CVA) initiatives in response to the COVID-19 crisis. These illustrate positive shifts occurring in the delivery of humanitarian assistance and will...
Since the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016, progress has been made towards more locally led humanitarian action, catalysed by the Grand Bargain commitments and pressure from grassroots networks such as Network for Empowered Aid Response (NEAR) and...
In many crisis settings, emergency response has been seen to be in a holding pattern, responding year on-year to the same needs without promoting lasting positive change in people’s lives. Yet humanitarian needs are expected to grow in the coming years...
Publisher: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDRR
As a response to the devastating earthquakes in Nepal in April and May 2015, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) developed and implemented a large-scale Emergency Cash Transfer Programme (ECTP), in collaboration with the Government of Nepal (GoN). UNICEF...
Institutions and agencies involved: United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, Oxford Policy Management, OPM
The proposed Framework builds on short-term recovery and resilience activities managed by the humanitarian country team. Its preparation is informed by analysis of data and evidence and an understanding of the specifc impacts of the pandemic in the Nepal...
Institutions and agencies involved: United Nations, UN
Both start-ups and large organisations looking to tackle global poverty are discovering the incredible potential of blockchain technology. A brief look at some notable projects highlight just how quickly the sector is set to evolve. What is social...
The beauty of concise illustrations! Centering on MENA but providing a global set of examples, a fantastic guidance note by Hammad helps navigate key issues on a range of transfer-related choices . These include how to set transfer values, timing,...
The webinar Profiles of the social protection systems of Nepal, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan prior to COVID-19 and snapshots of their responses to the pandemic was the fourth event of the Social Protection in South Asia series . It took place on 20 August,...
Let’s start with a key issue: politics! While we advanced enormously on delivering social protection, it’s somewhat surprising how relatively little attention goes to how political forces can determine both “if” and “how” cash transfers pan out in...