Reports

Bruxelles (CICR) - Les normes juridiques régissant le transfert des personnes dans les situations de conflit armé et les difficultés que représente, d'un point de vue humanitaire, l'exécution de ces transferts seront cette année au centre des discussions du…

Press release No.: IFAD/38/08 Oslo and Rome, 29 August 2008 - "Smallholder farmers in Africa need to be empowered to become rural entrepreneurs who can build productive and profitable partnerships with the private sector," said Lennart Båge, IFAD's president, at…

JOHANNESBURG, 5 May 2008 (IRIN) - Canada is the latest major donor country to break the link between overseas food aid and supporting its own farmers. The country says it will no longer insist on sending domestically grown food…

Food aid has been the main response to repeated and protracted humanitarian crises in Lesotho since 2002, and during that time it has also been the major part of World Vision's emergency responses. Along with the government, donors and…

This manual is first and foremost a practical implementation guide. It explains the steps involved in undertaking cash-based responses according to the project cycle, with the main focus being on the implementation phase. Section 1 gives a brief overview of…

There is a growing body of evidence that cash-based programming can be a very appropriate and effective form of response, alone or in combination with other in-kind programmes. Building on the broad range of cash experiences within the Movement and…

This report summarises the findings from a study undertaken to assess whether or not a cash based response by World Vision to the current drought in Lesotho would be appropriate and feasible, as part of the organisation's overall relief…

1. Context This document provides a generic overview of market analysis as an integral part of an emergency food security assessment. The main objective is to provide a basic understanding of markets,1 including how to gather market…

This paper examines the potential for jointly funded long-term cash transfers to form part of social protection in unstable situations. It argues that there are three essential challenges: 1) Financing - how to provide longer term, more harmonised and predictable…

Cash-for-work is a short-term intervention used by humanitarian assistance organizations to provide temporary employment in public projects - such as repairing roads, clearing debris or re-building infrastructure - to the most vulnerable segments of a population. The methodology is relatively…