The potential of Nepal’s social security allowance schemes to support emergency flood response Research reports and studies | May 2019 | Rebecca Holmes, Fiona Samuels, Martin Evans, Anita Ghimire and John Twigg Assessing the use of cash-based responses through Nepal's existing social security allowance system to respond to emergencies. Downloads
Disaster risk reduction strategies: navigating conflict contexts Working and discussion papers | May 2019 | Katie Peters, Laura E.R. Peters, John Twigg and Colin Walch How disaster risk reduction strategies could address shared vulnerabilities to disaster and conflict and be used as a vehicle for peacebuilding. Downloads
Disaster risk reduction in conflict contexts: the state of the evidence Working and discussion papers | May 2019 | Katie Peters, Kerrie Holloway and Laura E.R. Peters When disasters and conflict collide: assessing the evidence on disaster risk reduction in fragile and conflict-affected contexts. Downloads
Child poverty, disasters and climate change Infographic | April 2019 These infographics highlight the relationship between climate change, disasters and poverty over the life course of children. Find out more
Scoping and design for taking forecast-based early action to scale: three case studies Working and discussion papers | April 2019 | Thomas Tanner, Lena Weingartner, Florence Pichon, Bill Gray, Kiswendsida Guigma, Jafar Iqbal, Simon Levine, David MacLeod, Khairun Nahar, Kaiser Rejve, Courtenay Cabot Venton, Catalina Jaime, Martin Todd and Stephen McDowell Three types of humanitarian financing-delivery systems and what they can teach us about scaling up mechanisms for forecast-based early action. Downloads
Child poverty, disasters and climate change: investigating relationships and implications over the life course of children Research reports and studies | March 2019 | Vidya Diwakar, Emma Lovell, Sarah Opitz-Stapleton, Andrew Shepherd and John Twigg Examining the links between child and adolescent poverty and climate- and natural hazard-related disasters at different stages of children's lives. Downloads
Children in disaster-prone areas in India twice as likely to be living in poverty – new report Press release | 14 March 2019 New report has for the first time calculated the true extent that disasters and climate hazards influence child poverty in India and Kenya Find out more
Protection in local response to disasters: challenges and insights from the Pacific region Working and discussion papers | October 2018 | Larissa Fast and Kate Sutton This framing paper explores the existing literature on protection and localisation in disasters, focusing on the Pacific. Downloads
Disaster Risk Reduction and violent conflict in Africa and Arab states: implications for the Sendai Framework priorities Briefing papers | October 2018 | Katie Peters and Laura E.R. Peters Examining the role of violent conflict in disaster vulnerability and its impact on the Sendai Framework priorities in Africa and the Arab region. Downloads
How does resilience change over time? Tracking post-disaster recovery using mobile phone surveys Working and discussion papers | August 2018 | Lindsey Jones, Paola Ballon and Johannes von Engelhardt In this paper we track post-disaster recovery and changes in levels of resilience over time using events using a mobile phone panel survey of 1,200 people. Downloads
