Focus topics

Resource catalogue: Supporting pastoralism and agriculture in recurrent and protracted crises

This resource catalogue collates all of the work published across SPARC's six-year run.

• Research and Studies

Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC) 2026: Discussion Paper

This proposal charts a path for the HPC during a time of incredible uncertainty, enabling humanitarian partners to carry out a lighter HPC that still produces critical shared understanding, focus, advocacy and action.

• Guidance and Tools

Coastal disasters with a focus on extreme heat: Perspectives from South Asia

This issue of Southasiadisasters.net explores how extreme heat is reshaping vulnerabilities in coastal communities.

• Research and Studies

نظرة عامة على التقييم: التقييم الإنساني المشترك بين الوكالات للاستجابة للزلازل في تركيا وسوريا

Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation of the collective response of IASC members in meeting the needs of communities affected by the 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria (Arabic version).

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Inter-agency humanitarian evaluation of the response to the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria

Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation of the collective response of IASC members in meeting the needs of communities affected by the 2023 earthquakes.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Değerlendirmeye genel bakiş: Türkiye ve Suriye'deki depremlere müdahaleye ilişkin kuruluşlar arası insani yardım değerlendirmesi

Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation of the collective response of IASC members in meeting the needs of communities affected by the 2023 Türkiye and Syria earthquakes (Turkish version).

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Synthesis of evaluative evidence on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine

This inter-agency synthesis provides a consolidated analysis of the humanitarian response to the Ukraine crisis from 2022 to 2024.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Explain: The Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus

Explain briefing exploring the latest thinking and evidence on the HDP Nexus.

• Research and Studies

Explain: Accountability to affected populations - Putting people at the centre | Quick read

Quick read version of ALNAP's Explain briefing on accountability to affected populations.

• Research and Studies

المعلومات الضارّّة” في لبنان فهم تأث ري السرديات الضارّّة على الاحتياجات الإنسانيّّة وعمليّاّت الاستجابة ذات الصلة في هذا المجال شبكة التواصل مع المجتمعات المحليّّة المتأثّّرة بالكوارث / 06 / 2025

This CDAC Network report (Arabic) examines how harmful information circulates within Lebanon's aid system, affecting both service delivery and community decisions.

• Research and Studies

Racing against rumours: Understanding harmful information on humanitarian needs and response in Lebanon

This CDAC Network report examines how harmful information circulates within Lebanon's aid system, affecting both service delivery and community decisions.

• Research and Studies

Explain: The Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus | Quick read

Quick read version of ALNAP's Explain briefing on the humanitarian-development-peace nexus.

• Research and Studies

Explain: Accountability to affected populations - Putting people at the centre

Explain briefing exploring the latest thinking and evidence on accountability to affected populations.

• Research and Studies

“Many families marry their daughters off at the age of 10”: Supporting women through the impacts of natural hazards in Afghanistan

Case studies of the drought in Faryab, the flood in Baglan, and the earthquake in Herat.

• Research and Studies

"A woman cannot discuss her problems with a man” – Strengthening accountability to women and girls in Afghanistan

The research explores perceptions of safety, access to assistance, and barriers to reporting protection incidents for women and girls in Afghanistan.

• Research and Studies

On the brink: The devastating toll of aid cuts on people forced to flee

This report details the reductions in the overall scale of UNHCR activities and workforce by around one-third following the severe funding shortfalls in 2025, and the impact those have had on people forced to flee.

• Research and Studies

Heat as humanitarian crisis: What local organisations are doing

Special issue of Southasiadisasters.net on one of the fastest-growing humanitarian threats of our time—extreme heat.

• Research and Studies

The potential impact of reductions in international donor funding on tuberculosis in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study

This study quantifies the potential epidemiological impacts on the tuberculosis burden attributable to international reductions in funding.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Explain: Localisation and locally-led action | Quick read

• Research and Studies

Explain: Localisation and locally-led action

Explain briefing exploring the latest thinking and evidence on localisation and locally led humanitarian action

• Research and Studies