Responding to droughts

Building livelihood and community resilience: Lessons from Somalia and Zimbabwe

This study develops a theoretical conceptualisation of resilience and operational guidance on resilience-building in fragile environments, based on Cesvi’s projects in Somalia and Zimbabwe.

• Research and Studies

Somalia: Cash impact on food security and non-food outcomes

This mini study aims to better understand how different amounts and frequencies of cash transfer impact on household food security outcomes and non-food outcomes (food well-being, financial well-being, ability to cope with shocks and stresses and household well-being), and was conducted over the period of March– June 2018.

• Research and Studies

Improving resilience in South Sudan: experiences and learning

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Beyond charity - The transformative power of zakat in humanitarian crises

This report explores how funds raised through the zakat mechanism made a real and lasting difference for people of all faiths and backgrounds.

• Research and Studies

Evaluation of the 2017 Somalia Humanitarian Cash-Based Response

This evaluation reviews the joint performance and impact of the humanitarian cash-based assistance (CBA) in the 2017 drought response in Somalia and examines different ways of continuing the use of CBA on a large scale and related sustainability questions in order to inform the ongoing 2018 response.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

The role and vulnerabilities of older people in drought in East Africa: Progress, challenges and opportunities for a more inclusive humanitarian response

This study conducted on Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan, explores how organisations such as HelpAge can further support actors involved in drought crises to include older men and women in their responses.

• Research and Studies

Drought characteristics and management in North Africa and the Near East

This report reviews drought management across North Africa and the Near East and the effects of water scarcity on economic and social development in most countries in the region.

• Research and Studies

Synthesis of lessons from the El Nino response: Cash transfers lessons learnt in Southern Africa

This paper seeks to outline a synthesis of lessons learnt by different agencies during the El Nino response through formal and informal reflections, post distribution monitoring, and evaluations.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Drought, displacement and livelihoods in Somalia: Time for gender-sensitive and protection-focused approaches

This research demonstrates how precarious and limited livelihood opportunities are for displaced people in Somalia; how far people’s options are affected by gender; and how changing gender dynamics present further protection threats to both men and women.

• Research and Studies

Host nation support guidelines for foreign assistance to Pakistan during disasters

• Guidance and Tools

Independent Evaluation Report: ActionAid's DEC phase 1 response to drought in East Africa in 2017

Timor-Leste: Anticipation of drought 2017

This case study looks at the Start Fund anticipation alert cycle in practice, in Timor-Leste in summer 2017.

• Research and Studies

Systems change in practice: Learning from the Start Network’s drought financing facility’

• Commentaries

Evaluation of Oxfam's 2017 Drought Response in Ethiopia

Horn of Africa One Year On Report: Helping Children and Their Families Survive the Gripping Impact of the Drought in 2017

• Research and Studies

Cash Alliance’s food security and livelihoods project in Somalia: Learning, review, and impact assessment

This evaluation measures the success of the program to provide cash support for Somali households affected by drought.

• Research and Studies

Real-time evaluation and rapid accountability review of CARE Somalia's response to the drought, food security and displacement emergency 2011

Real time evaluation on the emergency drought situation response in Kenya, 2017

• Research and Studies

Cash transfer programming in Somaliland - Learning event report

This short report reflect on the current use of CTP in Somaliland.

• Research and Studies

Resilience systems analysis: Somalia