Information Management Resource Collection

Humanitarian Aid on the Move N° 27

This issue sheds light on some of the different aspects of the crisis the humanitarian aid sector is going through since early 2025.

• Research and Studies

Geohazard-informed rapid planning for disaster relief operations

This applied study focuses on using rapid geohazard observation to inform operational decision-making during flood-related disaster relief, based on major flood events in Sumatra in early 2025.

• Research and Studies

Supporting pastoralists through AfriScout Steward and Regen: Impact evaluation

This report evaluates AfriScout Steward in Kenya (app: crowd-sourced data on rangelands), and AfriScout Regen in Ethiopia (app: intensive grazing).

• Research and Studies

Targeting individuals or communities? Learnings from AfriScout on improving pastoralists’ well-being

This brief highlights the causal impact of two intervention models designed to support pastoralists in Ethiopia and Kenya.

• Research and Studies

Supporting (agro) pastoralists’ resilience through real-time monitoring of drought in Kenya and Ethiopia

This report examines the crowdsourcing app KAZNET to collect drought impact data & improve early warning systems & index-based drought risk financing

• Research and Studies

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

Synthèse: Innovation, efficacité et principes dans la balance de l’action humanitaire

The report explores the complex space where humanitarian innovation in artificial intelligence balances opportunity and risk, performance and principles.

• Research and Studies

Humanitäre Innovation zwischen Effizienz und Prinzipientreue

The report explores the complex space where humanitarian innovation in artificial intelligence balances opportunity and risk, performance and principles.

• Research and Studies

Balancing innovation, efficiency, and principled humanitarian action

The report explores the complex space where humanitarian innovation in artificial intelligence balances opportunity and risk, performance and principles.

• 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

From Anthropologist to AI Officer: Building Ethical AI Strategy in NGO Work

• Research and Studies

How a nonprofit's AI tool is giving aid workers life-saving answers during humanitarian crises

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Trends and Future Outlook for Generative AI: Access, Inclusion, and Advancing the SDGs

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Status Report on the Societal Impacts of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technology - 2025

• Research and Studies

Climate Data for Anticipatory Action

• Research and Studies

AI Governance in Humanitarian Action

• Research and Studies

fAIr, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned
• Guidance and Tools

New Guidance on Data Responsibility in Rapid Scale-Down or Closure of Operations

• Guidance and Tools

Au-delà des chiffres : Concilier innovation, éthique et impact

• Research and Studies