Assessments

KEY HIGHLIGHTS Prices of essential commodities continued to show a relative stabilization in September 2022. Prices of food staples increased slightly while prices of vegetables, milk and some fruits declined. Despite the stabilization, the cost of the…

Pakistan: Older people facing health catastrophe but are being ignored A new survey on the impact of the floods in Pakistan on older people reveals that hundreds of lives are needlessly being put at risk due to…

1 . Introduction Pakistan has a long latitudinal extent and the rainfall variability during different seasons is considerably high. The climate of the country in its lower southern half is arid and hyper-arid while the northern half…

The Philippines was selected as one of the countries to pilot Anticipatory Action (AA)through the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) by the Emergency Relief Coordinator for the typhoon season 2021-2022. A Joint Simulation Exercise (SIMEX) was conducted…

Executive Summary To support the Philippine government in assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security and essential needs of the affected population and monitor the effect of its Social Amelioration Program (SAP) to its…

Coordination Meetings Mr. Muhammad Rafique Laghari, Treasurer (BoD), and Mr. Shahzado Malik, Executive Director, meet with Mr. Rasool Bux Chandio, Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh for Relief and Rehabilitation, Mr. Imdad Hussain Siddique, Director of Operations…

1. Summary In Balochistan, 34 districts and at least 360,000 people have been affected, including 238 people killed and 106 people injured as of 27 August 2022, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). More than…

Background: Advocacy, Research, Training and Services (ARTS) Foundation is an indigenous and local civil society organization serving as a part of Multi-sectoral Initial Rapid Assessment (MIRA) with 4 team members (3 Women and 1 Men) along 2…

METHODOLOGY Working through the Cash and Voucher Working Group (CVWG) and its partners, REACH facilitates the implementation of a partner-driven Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI) in Afghanistan. It is intended to be conducted on a monthly basis…

1. Introduction a. In 2017, a violent military crackdown in Rakhine State, Myanmar culminated in a sudden displacement of more than 742,000 people in August that year- triggering the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh where…