Financing in Fragile and Conflict Contexts: Evidence, Opportunities, and Barriers
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper provides a summary of the main trends and issues regarding both regular and risk financing in FCAS.
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Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper provides a summary of the main trends and issues regarding both regular and risk financing in FCAS.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
By exploring experiences in a range of countries, the paper explores what is known about the use of SRSP in FCAS, and identifies further areas of potential research for the BASIC Research programme.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Protracted crises are increasing and becoming compounded, but financing solutions for humanitarian and social assistance in fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS) are not keeping up.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Evidence on what enables social assistance systems to deliver routinely, effectively and efficiently is limited in crisis situations.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The separation between provision of short-term humanitarian assistance and long-term development programmes – such as social protection – often creates inefficiencies, wastes resources and means support fails to reach those who urgently need it.
Shock-responsive social protection (SRSP) is increasingly being explored by a range of actors to link humanitarian assistance and longer-term development interventions and build the capacity of governments to manage the full spectrum of shocks that people face through integrated and aligned systems and programmes. To date, however, evidence of what has been tested and learned is limited.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Cash transfers have expanded rapidly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) around the world in the past decade. The contexts in which they are implemented have also diversified; while cash transfers were mostly adopted initially as central elements of social protection systems, they have become increasingly popular as a core component of humanitarian response.