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Institute of Development Studies
Ongoing research
BASIC (better assistance in crises) research is a 3.5 year FCDO funded programme. It aims to inform policy and programming on how to help poor and vulnerable people cope better with crises and meet their basic needs through more effective social assistance in contexts of recurrent shocks, climate crises,...
Yemen Financial Service Providers Assessment
Ongoing research
This assessment will provide a clear overview and guidance related to the currently used and potential cash delivery mechanisms and FSPs in Yemen, including lessons leaned and experiences from Humanitarian agencies who have made use of them over the last four years of the current response, and...
Lessons learned on cash program adaptability in Jordan in response to the economic crisis and COVID-19
Ongoing research
The purpose of this study is to document and assess collective learning and decision-making on the adaptability of selected cash programs in Jordan in light of their response to the challenges posed by COVID-19 and its impact at programmatic and systemic levels, in order to formulate policy messages and...
Case study on CVA for Health outcomes
Ongoing research
The study aims to develop a light touch stocktake and analytical synthesis of emerging best practice and main challenges encountered in cash for health outcomes programming for the MENA region. The MENA region is of relevance as it has seen particularly high levels of cash programming in humanitarian...
Effects of Cash Transfers On Intimate Partner Violence In Humanitarian Settings: A Prospective Cohort Study In South Sudan
Ongoing research
This study seeks to improve understanding of the dynamics between intimate partner violence (IPV) and cash transfers in humanitarian settings. There is a focus on increasing knowledge of how receipt of cash transfers and the way they are delivered, may change gender relations, power dynamics, and IPV in...
Empowered Aid: Transforming gender and power dynamics in the delivery of humanitarian aid.
Ongoing research
Examines how aid distribution mechanisms (including cash transfers) may inadvertently increase SEA risk for women and girls in order to better prevent this, using participatory action research. Phase II will build on these findings to create or adapt aid delivery models that actively work to reduce power...