Addressing the challenge of remote project monitoring in crisis and conflict situations – a mobile data approach

The Monitoring Automated for Real Time Analysis (MARTA) is a practical approach that we developed to tackle the challenge of remote project monitoring during the 2018-2020 Ebola crisis in the…

Laura Bermeo, Paul Bance, Issa Kiemtoré |
Fragility Conflict and Violence

Perspectives from the Horn of Africa: Improving livelihoods for communities hosting refugees

Communities hosting refugees, more often than not, inhabit marginal areas which are characterized as underdeveloped, underserved, and environmentally fragile. In these areas, basic social services…

Varalakshmi Vemuru, Ashutosh Raina |
Fragility Conflict and Violence, Gender, Poverty, Urban Development

Experience from the Horn of Africa: Using area-based and inclusive planning to coordinate the humanitarian-development response to forced displacement

In the previous blog, we wrote about some essential features of a development response to forced displacement, which is the first question that we confronted in preparing a project to support the…

Varalakshmi Vemuru |
Fragility Conflict and Violence, Urban Development

How can we improve the lives of Africa's displaced populations?

About this series More blog posts Forced displacement is a global crisis that requires urgent humanitarian action. But as displacement tends to last many years – with long-term impacts on the…

Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, Jo de Berry |
Fragility Conflict and Violence, Social Sustainability and Inclusion, Urban Development