Responding to droughts

Evidence and practice review of the use of cash transfers in contexts of acute food insecurity

The Global Food Security Cluster Cash and Market Working Group (gFSC CM WG) commissioned this operational research to gather evidence and lessons learned in support of the use of cash for food security outcomes in contexts of acute food insecurity.

• Research and Studies

Somalia: drought and rising costs take hold

This brief is the second in a series highlighting the challenges facing people from different livelihoods in three sites in Somalia.

• Research and Studies

Somalia: Drought Response and Famine Prevention (15 November-15 December)

CCCM case studies 2020-21: Chapter two: Inclusion of people with disabilities.

The case studies presented in this chapter highlight how CCCM agencies work on inclusion in Somalia, Mozambique and Bangladesh, at Cluster or operations level.

• Research and Studies

Impact of Drought on Protection in Somalia (Reporting period: 01 January 2021 – 31 October 2022)

Meeting immediate needs and protecting development gains: Lessons from Ethiopia’s drought response

This paper provides an overview of how the Markets in Crisis approach to the Ethiopia 2022 drought response leveraged existing relationships and built on RIPA-North’s development interventions to meet immediate humanitarian needs, help households protect assets, livelihoods, and food security in light of compounding shocks.

• Research and Studies

Kenya Cash Consortium - Four years on: Locally led response case study

This paper aims to highlight milestones made regarding locally led humanitarian response under the umbrella of the Kenya Cash Consortium projects over the past four years. It also endeavors to present lessons learnt and some of the best practices to inform the humanitarian financing system.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

We Were Warned: Unlearned Lessons of Famine in the Horn of Africa

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Changing climate, changing realities: migration in the Sahel

This research seeks to increase understanding of the links between climate change and migration.

• Research and Studies

Somalia - Joint Markets and Supply Chain Update: 22 - 29 October 2022

Somalia: Drought Response and Famine Prevention (1-24 October 2022)

A dry horizon: Iraq’s interlinked drought and climate crises

This study assesses how climate change and water scarcity have impacted displacement, incomes, and crop production across households, as well as the Government of Iraq’s response.

• Research and Studies

Combined evaluation of the European Union's humanitarian interventions in the Horn of Africa, 2016-2020, and DG ECHO's partnership with the International Committee of the Red Cross

This evaluation focused on cash as a modality and forced displacement, as well as cross-cutting issues such as coordination, resilience and the Nexus.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Innovation in Governance - Integrating Technical and Contextual Perspectives to Address Fragility

• Research and Studies

The changing landscape of cash preparedness: Lists, risks and relationships

This study is designed to help CVA actors to review their existing CVA preparedness with a view to supporting further scale-up when and where that is needed.

• Research and Studies

Community-based Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) in the Pacific: Findings from Tuvalu

This research explored opportunities for strengthening EWEA in the Pacific, focusing on understanding local practices at the community level, capturing evidence on impacts as well as response mechanisms and identifying ways to strengthen and build on these models.

• Research and Studies

Final evaluation for Zambia Drought Emergency response operation

Concurrent Crises in the Horn of Africa

• Research and Studies

Somalia: Drought Situation Report No.7 (As of 20 May 2022)

Cash and voucher assistance within social protection preparedness in Central America, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic

• Research and Studies