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Authors Nidhi Upadhyaya, Sabrina Nagel What to expect from this report In 2023, stakeholders face a critical juncture as they evaluate their progress on delivering on the Paris Climate Agreement by 2030. This will also be a pivotal year…

Introduction In recent years, both the rate and extent of data collection in the humanitarian sector has increased. At the same time, scrutiny and sectoral discussion of data-sharing processes has also grown, as humanitarian organisations reflect on…

Humanitarian cash assistance at a crossroads, warns new report Unlocking the potential of cash assistance to meet people’s humanitarian needs will require greater effort and change. In 2022, $7.9 billion was transferred as cash or vouchers to crisis-affected…

The Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) Handbook is a guide for implementing livestock-based livelihood interventions in emergency situations and is used by humanitarian agencies, governments, donors and academic institutions to design, implement, monitor and evaluate…

After nearing record levels following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, implied volatility of maize and soybean is now below the historical average. This reflects large global harvests and large estimated closing stocks. By contrast, wheat…

Excerpt 2nd paper: Anticipatory action and cash transfers for slowonset hazard events – focus on droughts and cold waves (dzud) Practitioners’ note for field testing slow-onset Anticipatory Action drought AA – consultations (Vietnam, Timor Leste, and Tuvalu), planning assumptions, and recommendations Cold…

Agenda RCWG strategy 2024-2026: open discussion and review committee – Riyadh Sidat, OCHA ROAP cash focal point. Inter-sectoral AA cash+ framework for Anticipatory action and response - Kazi Shahidur Rahman (Office of the UN Resident Coordinator, Bangladesh) Regional guidance…

Excerpt A. summary of discussion Agenda Item Initial remarks (RCWG) Key Discussion Points Riyadh Sidat (ROAP cash focal point / RCWG co chair) initiated the meeting by briefly explaining the agenda and the upcoming RCWG task s on defining the strategic…

Mercy Corps’ new study explores the potential of cash at scale to meet increasing humanitarian needs and deliver peoplecentric response. For Mercy Corps, cash at scale to date has been delivered via consortium models. Over the…

Why (digital) cash is worth much more World Vision has facilitated the use of cash and voucher modalities for over 20 years, initially focusing on humanitarian disaster management, emergency response and recovery contexts. Since the Grand Bargain/World Humanitarian Summit…