Responding to droughts

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• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation of the response to the humanitarian crisis in Somalia

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Qualitative guide to run focus group discussions (FGD) with communities and local authorities on early warning systems

• Guidance and Tools

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

Disaster losses and damages data: A review of existing applications and use cases

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Do public works programmes create valuable assets for livelihoods and resilience?

This report sets out to assess the impacts of PWP assets on people’s livelihoods and establish lessons learned.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Cambodia child-led research: The impacts of climate and disasters on children and youth in three provinces in Cambodia

Child-led research on climate and disaster impacts on children and youth, highlighting their experiences and role in local climate action.

• Research and Studies

Still we dream: Girls and young people living through conflict

The Still we dream: Girls and young people in conflict (State of the World's Girls Report 2024) studies the experiences of girls, boys, young women and young men, whose lives are dominated by conflict.

• Research and Studies

État de preparation du Tchad à l'accès au financement climatique

Cette étude évalue la capacité du Tchad à planifier, accéder, utiliser, suivre et rendre compte du financement climatique.

• Research and Studies

Readiness to access climate finance in Chad

This report and its accompanying structured summary assess Chad’s capacity to plan for, access, use, monitor and report on climate finance.

• Research and Studies

Harnessing hope: Community perceptions and climate adaptation in Afghanistan. Lessons learned and the way forward

This brief amplifies local voices—men, women, and children—to provide insights and recommendations on adapting to climate change that are both culturally relevant and practically actionable.

• Research and Studies

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

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

ODA financing the climate–gender–disability interface: Key facts

This factsheet analyses recent official development assistance to African countries and national budgets from select eastern African countries to assess the financing landscape of the intersections between climate change adaptation and mitigation, inclusion and empowerment of persons with disabilities, and gender equality.

• 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

Learning Brief: Building climate resilience through transforming gendered social norms

Learning paper from a study on Christian Aid’s climate resilience work, showing its potential to transform gender norms.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Resilience learning in South Sudan: Impact evaluation endline report

The impact evaluation is intended to estimate the impacts of the UNICEF-WFP joint resilience programme on absorptive, adaptive, and transformative resilience capacities in South Sudan.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Resilience learning in Niger: Impact evaluation endline report

The impact evaluation is intended to estimate the impacts of WFP's Integrated Resilience programme on absorptive, adaptive, and transformative resilience capacities in Niger.

Lessons learned: Anticipatory action in a protracted crisis

This paper provides key lessons from research into the effectiveness of anticipatory action carried out in Kenya and Somaliland during a protracted crisis.

• Research and Studies

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