Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus

Synthesis and meta-analysis of findings from crisis-specific inter-agency humanitarian evaluations covering the period 2015-2025

The IAHE Synthesis exercise pulls together the findings from seven interagency humanitarian evaluations (IAHEs) covering nine different crisis contexts between 2015 – 2025.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Community-led innovation partnership: Impact report from the Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week (RHPW) 2025

The report offers a summary of the key discussions and outcomes from a dialogue session held in Bangkok in December 2025.

• Commentaries

The choice of pragmatism: A critical review of People In Need's greening approach

This report presents the findings of a critical review of the greening approach undertaken by the NGO People in Need (PIN).

• Research and Studies

Evaluation of Armenia WFP Country Strategic Plan 2019–2025

This evaluation serves accountability and learning purposes and informs the preparation of the next country strategic plan for WFP in Armenia.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Ukraine livelihoods needs and labor market assessment

Livelihood needs and labor market conditions in Kharkiv, Donetsk, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, and Odesa.

• Research and Studies

The drylands of tomorrow: Pathways to prosperity, peace and resilience

This synthesis report brings together key SPARC learnings around the challenges and opportunities facing pastoralism and agriculture in the drylands.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Aid at a crossroads: Adapting to drylands realities

This synthesis report outlines practical ways to make aid in fragile drylands more flexible, locally grounded and effective.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Influencing collective land tenure indicators: Burkina Faso, Kenya and Sudan case studies

This report explores collective pastoral land tenure in Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Sudan

• Research and Studies

Business model innovation for behaviour change within the goat value chain in Ethiopia: Implications for policy and investment

This policy brief outlines actions policymakers and donors can take to strengthen Ethiopia's goat value chain and drive behaviour change and resilience.

• Research and Studies

Causes profondes des conflits entre agriculteurs et éleveurs et leur impact sur les systèmes alimentaires locaux : Études de cas au Soudan, au Nigeria et au Mali

Cette note d’orientation vise à comprendre les causes profondes et les impacts des conflits entre agriculteurs et éleveurs - Soudan, Nigeria, Mali

• Research and Studies

Deep-rooted causes of farmer–herder conflicts and impact on local food systems: Case studies from Sudan, Nigeria and Mali

This brief aims to understand the root causes and impacts of farmer–herder conflicts through a food production system and political economy lens.

• Research and Studies

Dynamic livelihoods in conflict and recurrent crises: Stories of change from Ethiopia and South Sudan

Examines change within people’s livelihoods, the conditions that allow change to occur and spread, and the barriers which prevent change from spreading.

• Research and Studies

How to manage crises differently in ASALs without talking about a nexus: What we can learn from the water sector

SPARC research on water development in the drylands reveals how a divide between development thinking and humanitarian action is undermining resilience.

• Research and Studies

Internal midterm review of the Project for Resilience and Enhanced Preparedness and Action (PREPA), Mozambique

The PREPA Project aimed to strengthen climate-resilient livelihoods, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and health and WASH services in Manica Province.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Islamic Relief Middle East learning study (2021 - 2025)

The study forms part of an ongoing strategic development and re-orientation process for IRW, both globally and within the MENA region.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Development on the margins: how to build resilience in fragile places

This episode focuses on the conflict blind spot in development and climate action.

• Research and Studies

Market monitoring and localised research in a context of extreme conflict: learning from Darfur

• Research and Studies

The war economy in Darfur: distorting trade and fuelling conflict

This brief explores how trade fuels conflict through the war economy in Darfur and highlights consequences for established traders.

• Research and Studies

Strengthening resilience through disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation - Final evaluation report

Final evaluation of a project aimed to build build community resilience through disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and the integration of protection, gender and inclusion, and community engagement and accountability in eight high-risk communities across three Sudanese states.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Using cropland maps to monitor livestock routes in Sudan

This study used remote sensing to analyse the effects of livestock route interventions in Sudan and detected large-scale cropland abandonment.

• Research and Studies