Institute of Development Studies

Complex Crises Workshop 2010

• Dates: 9 March 2010 - 10 March 2010
• Location: IDS

Crisis Watch convened a two-day workshop to critically evaluate the state of knowledge of the impacts of recent economic shocks on livelihoods and wellbeing across the world. 2009 saw global efforts gear up to assess the impacts of the global financial crisis, notably the UN's GIVAS (Global Impact and Vulnerability Alert System).

Crisis Watch partners' ground-level research across the globe has highlighted the complex, compound nature of 'The Crisis' as experienced in real-life: financial crisis emerges as one shock in a series of severe and sustained shocks from food and fuel price hikes, often amidst climate change, HIV/AIDS epidemics and security concerns. It is apparent that we have entered a period of rapidly shifting vulnerabilities, but less clear that we have yet developed the tools and capacities with which to track these. In a context of multiple global economic shocks, the workshop aims to explore issues of the multiple sources of vulnerability, attribution of impact, and the use of evidence in policy responses.

Workshop Report

A report of the key findings, discussion and conclusions from the workshop is below:

• Crisis Watch Workshop Report

Presentations

Presentations from the event are below:

• Framing the problem: the challenge of evidence for policy during complex crises Allister McGregor, IDS
• Shocks, poverty and resilience: synthesis of findings from Oxfam research in 11 countries Duncan Green, Richard King, Oxfam
• Global crises in a resource-constrained, multipolar world John Humprey, IDS
• National responses to the Global Food Crisis Steve Wiggins, ODI
• Protecting the poor from the current crisis Hassan Zaman, World Bank
• Evidence from repeat rapid qualitative assessments Carrie Turk, World Bank
• Accounts of resilience: Insights from Dhaka Naomi Hossain, IDS
• Sentinel site tracking in East Asia: the UNICEF experience Mahesh Patel
• Global shocks and the impacts on the UK poor Teresa Hanley, Roundtree Foundation
• Integrating qualitative and quantitative evidence Neil McCulloch, IDS
• The Indonesian experience: social protection and the 2008-9 crises Rizki Fillaili, SMERU
• UN GIVAS Robert Kirkpatrick, UN GIVAS
• UNICEF’s contribution to GIVAS Gaspar Fajth, UNICEF

Videos

• Evidence from repeat rapid qualitative assessments Carrie Turk, World Bank
• Accounts of resilience: Insights from Dhaka, Noami Hossain, IDS
• Shocks, poverty and resilience: synthesis of findings from Oxfam research in 11 countries, Duncan Green, Oxfam
• Global shocks and the impacts on the UK poor Teresa Hanley, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
• Global crises in a resource-constrained, multipolar world, John Humphrey, IDS

Interviews

To view the interview videos of the event click on the links below:

• Tim Conway, DFID
• Syliva Beales, HelpAge
• Robert Kirkpatrick, UNGIVAS
• Rizki Fillaili, SMERU
• Papa Seck, UNIFEM
• Carrie Turk, World Bank