Reports

When a disaster strikes, people everywhere are keen to assist, but the wrong donation at the wrong time can actually hinder instead of help relief efforts. After Tropical Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu in March 2015, 77 containers…

Global Highlights • The upward trend of FAO’s global food price index in 2017 continued in Q3, with the index 7 percent higher than in Q3-2016; this is particularly the result of higher dairy prices. The FAO…

Question What is the rationale for using multi-purpose cash transfers and single platforms? What is driving donor agency positions on these issues? What is the evidence that single cash platforms are more efficient and effective than multiple platforms? What are…

UNHCR works in 128 countries to protect and support 16.1 million refugees. Within this population is a vast, diverse and talented pool of artisans. Whenever refugees flee, they carry with them the traditions, skills, knowledge and craftsmanship…

Background and Rationale Smallholders number over 500 million worldwide. They produce much of the world’s food but face major challenges in profitable market engagement. Due to their physical, economic, social, and political marginalization, most smallholders pursue low-productivity,…

NRC's position paper on cash based interventions NRC is committed to increase cash based interventions across all of its programmes, as we have seen how they enable crisis-affected people to make choices and prioritise their own needs.…

By Iffat Idris GSDRC, University of Birmingham Question What unintended negative consequences have been identified as possibly resulting from cash transfer programming in fragile contexts and how have these been managed? Summary Risks in relation to cash transfer programmes include diversion…

By Iffat Idris GSDRC, University of Birmingham Question Are there documented positive social cohesion benefits from cash transfers over vouchers? What lessons are there from humanitarian contexts, as well as the wider debate on universal basic incomes that use…

Executive Summary After a disaster, the immediate concern of all humanitarian responders is—and should be—to help affected populations meet their basic, urgent needs. But how a response is conducted can have significant implications on how the community…

Cash-based assistance has emerged an evidence-based means of meeting humanitarian needs within and across sectors of humanitarian response, since the Sphere Handbook 2011 edition was published. Here is how the upcoming edition of the Handbook will…