Keyword Archives: finance
Baseline and Mid-term Assessment of the PSNP Plus Project in Sire and Dodota
This report presents the results from a baseline assessment of the PSNP Plus project in Sire and Dodota woreda’s in the Oromiya region of Ethiopia.
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: finance, microfinance, PSNP
Huge Sums Raised, Much Unspent, After Haiti Quake
The earthquake in Haiti sparked a massive charitable outpouring, but six months after initial relief operations, hundreds of millions in aid dollars have yet to be spent. Peter Walker recently spoke to NPR’s Morning Edition about the difficulties of rebuilding in Haiti.
Posted in Audio, Multimedia
Keywords: crisis response, finance, natural disaster
Baseline and Mid-term Assessment of the PSNP Plus Project in Doba
This report presents the findings of the first two stages of an assessment of the PSNP Plus project in Doba woreda in West Hararghe. These assessments are part of a broader longitudinal impact study of the PSNP Plus project, which targets poor, rural households in food insecure areas that benefit from the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP). The goal of PSNP Plus is to move households towards graduation from PSNP through market-driven approaches to diversify their livelihoods, build assets and link to financial services and markets.
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: finance, markets, microfinance, PSNP, trade
Increasing the Financial Resilience of Disaster-affected Populations
One of the most significant problems facing a disaster-affected population is the need for ready cash. In a post-disaster context cash is difficult to come by for a variety of reasons. A useful approach then, to enable recovery and reduce risk, is to identify effective ways to enable households to access (or hold onto) a lump sum of ready cash.
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: disaster risk reduction, finance, migration
Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Assistance
Leaders in the humanitarian community have resolved to do more to address the risks of corruption in relief efforts. Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Assistance documents perceptions of corruption in humanitarian operations through interviews with staff of several leading international humanitarian NGOs. The study was commissioned by Transparency International (TI) and conducted jointly by the Feinstein International Center, the Humanitarian Policy Group at the Overseas Development Institute in London, and TI.
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: church, corruption, finance, humanitarian action, NGOs
Targeting in Complex Emergencies: Somalia Country Case Study
This study examined community participation throughout the food aid program cycle to understand the role of recipient communities in the targeting of food assistance under the conflict conditions in Somalia, a country that has not had a central government since the fall of the President Siad Barre in 1991.
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: church, corruption, finance, food security, humanitarian action, NGOs, programming, Targeting in Complex Emergencies
Filling the Blue Box
In Haiti, many farmers lie beyond the reach of the formal banking system and MFIs. A powerful method of local financial intermediation, called mutuelles is helping to bridge the gap. Efficiently formed by local NGOs and church organizations, mutuelles are forces of social change. They also demonstrate financial discipline and could prove an interesting market for MFIs and banks seeking new customers for financial services.
Posted in Briefing Papers, Publications
Keywords: banking, finance
Strategies for Economic Recovery and Peace In Darfur
Competing livelihoods in the absence of good local governance has led to localized and ultimately devastating conflict over natural resources in Darfur. The lack of comprehensive livelihoods analysis in international peace processes and humanitarian assistance risks entrenching the Darfur conflict even further.
Posted in Briefing Papers, Publications
Keywords: conflict, Darfur, finance, humanitarian action
Follow the Money
Is there enough money, is it going to the right people in the right places in the most efficient way?
Posted in Briefing Papers, Publications
Keywords: evidence-based practice, finance, humanitarian action
Using Microenterprise Interventions to Support the Livelihoods of Forcibly Displaced People: The Impact of a Microcredit Program in IDP Camps in Lira, Northern Uganda
By Karen Jacobsen, Anastasia Marshak, Akua Ofori-Adjei and Jane Kembabazi. Refugee Survey Quarterly. May 2006. (Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 23-39.)
Posted in Peer-Reviewed Articles, Publications
Keywords: finance, internally-displaced persons, microenterprise, trade