Natural hazards

Why is COVID-19 more concentrated in countries with high economic status?

• Research and Studies

State of Governance in Bangladesh 2020–2021 | Governing COVID-19 in Bangladesh: Realities and Reflections to Build Forward Better

• Research and Studies

Kenya’s increasing use of loans from international financial institutions

This report is about Kenya’s growing use of loans from international lenders during Covid‑19, showing how rising debt is limiting money for basic public needs.

• Research and Studies

Analysis of aid flows to Kenya before and during Covid-19

This paper looks at all disbursements – Official Development Assistance (ODA), non-concessional Other Official Flows (OOF) and other flows to show what funding has crossed into Kenya and how activities on the ground are affected.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned
• Research and Studies

Process Evaluation of the Irish Aid COVID-19 Funded Response in Sierra Leone

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

COVID-19: The Missing Insights

• Research and Studies

COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake: A study of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Marginalized Communities in Iraq

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

The value of NGOs humanitarian action in the era of COVID-19

• Research and Studies

Cash Assistance for Female Sex Workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: Indonesia

• Research and Studies

Disability inclusive cash assistance: Learnings from practice in humanitarian response

This case study collection describes lessons learned from seven inclusive humanitarian cash transfer projects implemented from 2015 – 2020 in Niger, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Philippines, and Indonesia, and five ongoing projects from the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic responses.

• Guidance and Tools

Knowledge in a time of crisis. Annual Report 2020/2021

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned
• Research and Studies

Rapport rapide evaluation VBG

Direct and Indirect Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women and Girls

• Research and Studies

COVID-19 Response in Tabora Tanzania (Bloomberg)

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Analysis of aid flows to Uganda before and during Covid-19

This document is a data‑driven briefing on how Uganda’s aid landscape shifted before and during Covid‑19, revealing rising loans, sectoral reallocations, and the risks of growing debt.

• Research and Studies

Targeting Covid-19 relief in Uganda: the role of data, statistics and evidence

An event summary examining how data and evidence were used to target Covid-19 cash relief in Uganda, and the challenges of identifying vulnerable populations in emergencies.

• Commentaries

Beneficiary assessment for independent evaluation of anticipatory action pilot in Somalia (August 2021)

The assessment involved assessing beneficiary experiences and drawing lessons from four anticipatory action interventions conducted by WFP, IOM and FAO in Somalia.

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

SPACE Framework for shifting bilateral programmes to local actors

• Guidance and Tools

Rapid Review of Global Social Protection Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Palestine Cash Voucher Assistance Case Study

• Research and Studies