Somalia humanitarian response

Making vulnerability analysis useful for humanitarian response

A comparative analysis of Somalia and Ukraine that reassesses how vulnerability is understood and operationalised in humanitarian response beyond conventional targeting models.

• Research and Studies

The effectiveness of humanitarian aid in conflict zones: practitioner views on the transition from in‑kind assistance to multi‑purpose cash transfers

This research article examines humanitarian practitioners’ experiences with the transition from in‑kind aid to multi‑purpose cash transfers in conflict zones

• Research and Studies

Strengthening resilience and climate adaptation in conflict and fragile settings: towards effective action

Scaling up climate finance and action in fragile and conflict settings is challenging – but it is possible, as this new brief by the ICRC and ODI Global demonstrates.

• Research and Studies

IASC Second Mapping of Good Practice in the Implementation of Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus Approaches. 2024 Synthesis Report

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Country Brief on the humanitarian-development-peace (HDP) nexus 2024 - Vanuatu

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Country Brief on the humanitarian-development-peace (HDP) nexus 2024 - Somalia

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Localisation in humanitarian leadership

This Somalia country profile, developed as part of ICVA’s study on localisation in humanitarian leadership, examines how local and national NGOs engage within Somalia’s IASC coordination structures.

• Research and Studies

Assessing and financing loss and damage due to climate change in Somalia

• Research and Studies

Climate change and human security implications for humanitarian, development, disaster and climate risk management in Mozambique

Workshop report on challenges and opportunities to support cross-sector climate-resilient development in Mozambique.

• Research and Studies

User-centred cash: the shared experiences of cash recipients in Ukraine, Somalia, Lebanon, and Burundi

This brief compares cash recipient journeys in Ukraine, Somalia, Lebanon, and Burundi to guide more people‑centred programming and global learning.

• Research and Studies

Participatory planning in East Africa's drylands, take two

This SPARC learning brief explores key lessons of participatory planning in East Africa’s drylands, particularly Ward Development Planning.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

‘Working with humanitarians is a nightmare’: Dynamics surrounding locally-led peacebuilding in Somalia

• Research and Studies

Adolescent Girls’ Education in Somalia (AGES) Endline Evaluation

Catalogue of quality funding practices to the humanitarian response (2024)

The catalogue reflects progress, supports Grand Bargain signatories’ commitment to expand quality funding through 2026, and continues to serve as a reference on funding mechanisms that strengthen humanitarian and broader crisis response.

• Research and Studies

How climate information services (CIS) can help pastoralists in the Horn of Africa

• Research and Studies

Evaluation Report of the project Food and Nutrition Security Resilience Programme: Building food system resilience in protracted crises

End of Program Evaluation: LEAP III Programme on Strengthening protection of women and girls from the disproportionate and adverse gendered impacts of drought and famine in Somalia

This independent end line evaluation was conducted to comprehensively assess the achievements of the project in relation to the set objectives. The evaluation aimed to identify and document valuable lessons learned, including design issues, best practices, and lessons that could be scaled up or replicated in future projects.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Rapid assessments of the hunger–climate–conflict nexus in Mali, South Sudan and Somalia: Synthesis report

This policy brief synthesises findings from two rapid assessments on food and nutrition security within the context of climate and conflict.

• Research and Studies

Rapid assessments of the hunger–climate–conflict nexus in Mali, South Sudan and Somalia: Second assessment

Second assessment: lived experiences relating to food and nutrition security in Mali, South Sudan and Somalia.

• Research and Studies

Beyond accountability as feedback: Lessons from Somalia in holding humanitarian responses to account

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned