The 2017 pre-famine response in Somalia: progress on reform? Research reports and studies | January 2019 | Maxine Clayton, Ahmed Abdi Ibrahim and Badra Yusuf Reviewing the 2017 pre-famine response in Somalia through the lens of the Grand Bargain: what lessons have been learned, and what could still be improved? Downloads
Building livelihood and community resilience: lessons from Somalia and Zimbabwe Working and discussion papers | January 2019 | John Twigg and Margherita Calderone Developing a theoretical conceptualisation of resilience and operational guidance on resilience-building in fragile environments. Downloads
Funding to local humanitarian actors: Somalia case study Research reports and studies | October 2018 | Nisar Majid, Khalif Abdirahman, Lydia Poole and Barnaby Willitts-King Case study exploring humanitarian funding patterns in Somalia tracking how direct and indirect funding reaches local and national humanitarian actors. Downloads
Funding to local humanitarian actors: evidence from Somalia and South Sudan Briefing papers | October 2018 | Barnaby Willitts-King, Nisar Majid, Mo Ali and Lydia Poole Focusing at Somalia and South Sudan, this policy brief explores how much funding is provided ‘as locally as possible’ to national humanitarian actors. Downloads
Counter-terrorism, bank de-risking and humanitarian response: a path forward Briefing papers | August 2018 | Stuart Gordon and Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy Key findings on the impact of bank de-risking measures on humanitarian NGOs in the occupied Palestinian territory, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. Downloads
The challenge of informality: counter-terrorism, bank de-risking and financial access for humanitarian organisations in Somalia Working and discussion papers | June 2018 | Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy Examining the internal and external challenges to financial access for local humanitarian actors in Somalia. Downloads
Working in fragile states: learning from the Somalia Stability Fund Comment | 31 May 2018 | Ed Laws The Fragility Commission has called for a fresh approach to fragile states. Maybe thinking and working politically is it? Read and comment
Do we need a new approach to support fragile states? Public event | 21 May 2018 17:00 - 18:30 GMT+1 (BST) This event discusses the extent to which external financial support to fragile states is working, and reasons why it isn't. Find out more
Economic development in fragile contexts: learning from success and failure Working and discussion papers | May 2018 | Alastair McKechnie, Dirk Willem te Velde and Andrew Lightner Economic development is rarely prioritised in fragile states. This paper explores why it should be, and draws out lessons from case studies of success. Downloads
Thinking and working politically in Somalia: a case study on the Somalia Stability Fund Research reports and studies | May 2018 | Ed Laws This report looks at three success cases and is followed by a discussion of two of the more challenging investment projects involved. Downloads
