Humanitarian assistance
Alternative labels
Humanitarian aid
Humanitarian innovation
Report
Adopting a market-based approach to boost energy access in displaced contexts
This paper evaluates the market-based approaches adopted in the MEI projects in Kenya and Burkina Faso. It articulates how such commercial strategies can be applied to the delivery of energy in displacement settings and compares this to real world examples.
Report
Avoiding a crisis within a crisis
This assessment report finds that the conditions for high levels of trafficking, smuggling and related exploitation are present and will only intensify with time, affecting both the Rohingya and Bangladeshi populations.
Working paper
Dignity in displacement: case studies from Afghanistan, Colombia, the Philippines and South Sudan
This project, by the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), looks at dignity in displacement and aims to explore how affected people conceptualise dignity and their perceptions of whether humanitarian action has upheld or undermined their dignity.
Report
Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies in the humanitarian sector
This report examines current distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) uses by the humanitarian sector to outline lessons for the project, policy and system levels. It offers recommendations to address the challenges that must be overcome before DLTs can be ethically, safely, appropriately and effectively scaled in humanitarian contexts.
Report
Innovative financing for humanitarian energy interventions
This paper explores the increase in resources and funding needed to improve the access of displaced people to modern and sustainable energy services.