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On this World Teachers’ Day, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, announced it has reached more than 4.6 million children a
Resilience Rapid Learning Brief: Harnessing Local Sources of Social Cohesion in Niger, January 2021 Format The brief, part of the Resilience Rapid Learning series, examines factors that contribute to local-level variation in social cohesion in order to improve programming. Hypothesized to reduce violence, social cohesion is a necessary component for building resilience and improving long-term well-being outcomes in areas prone to ongoing conflicts, natural disasters, and other shocks and stresses. Analyzing baseline survey data from USAID’s Preventing violent Extremism Actions through incre...
Resilience Rapid Learning Brief: Role of Markets In Strengthening Social Resilience Capacities in Northeast Nigeria Format In protracted crises, where the state has limited capacity or lacks the political will to provide for and protect its citizens, people rely on markets and social connections for protection, information, and economic resources. Resilience capacities such as agency and confidence in the future are equally important. But how might aid interventions in protracted crises develop these important sources of resilience? Early evidence from two economic recovery interventions in N...
Joining Forces to Combat Protracted Crises: Humanitarian and Development Support for Water and Sanitation Providers in the Middle East and North Africa Format The search for ways to improve our collective response has led the World Bank, UNICEF and the ICRC to publish a new report today called, “Joining Forces to Combat Protracted Crises: Humanitarian and Development Support for Water and Sanitation Providers in the Middle East and North Africa.” It is based on case studies from the field, as well as inputs from the Arab Countries Water Utilities Association (ACWUA) and multiple water and...
World Bank : Joining forces to secure water supply and sanitation services in protracted crises 03/05/2021 | 11:31am EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields People living in densely populated cities are supported by an intricate mesh of water, sanitation, health and electricity systems. When these systems are attacked and neglected for prolonged periods of time, when large numbers of people take refuge in cities - as they have done across water scarce Middle East and North Africa (MENA) - systems become vulnerable to collapse. Does it matter what condition systems were in before...