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Localization Across Contexts: Lessons learned from four case studies
This brief summarizes research on the localization of humanitarian action in several different contexts—Indonesia following the 2018 earthquake in Sulawesi, and the Horn of Africa, specifically humanitarian situations in Kenya, Somalia, and South Sudan. T
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Anchored in Local Reality: Case Studies on Local Humanitarian Action from Haiti, Colombia, and Iraq
Critiques of international humanitarian action have suggested that it needs to be more inclusive of actors from crisis-affected countries. Increased attention to this issue has led to a set of agendas often referred to as the localization of humanitarian
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“We Must Be the Pioneers”: Perspectives on localization in the response to the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake in Indonesia
On September 28, 2018, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Central Sulawesi in Indonesia, triggering a tsunami and liquefaction of land, which resulted in significant loss of life and displacement. The response to this disaster was notable because of a poli
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Views from the Ground: Perspectives on localization in the Horn of Africa
During the last years, localization has become a central part of the work and discourse in the humanitarian sector. However, there has been little empirical research on the most effective forms of localization, and even fewer studies have focused on the e
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The Impact of Protection Interventions on Unaccompanied and Separated Children in Humanitarian Crises
This systematic review, commissioned by the Humanitarian Evidence Programme and carried out by a research team from Save the Children UK, Save the Children Sweden and McMaster University, identifies, synthesizes and evaluates existing evidence of the impa
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Facing Famine: Somali experiences in the famine of 2011
Somalia experienced the worst famine of the twenty-first century in 2011-2012. This paper focuses on the internal, Somali response to the famine. How Somali communities and households coped with the famine of 2011 in the absence of any state-led-response
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Life in Town: Migration from rural Karamoja to Moroto and Mbale
Migration from rural Karamoja to towns, cities and other rural areas has long been part of local livelihood strategies, but attention to this phenomenon by national and international actors in Uganda has grown in recent years. Much of this attention is fo
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Food by prescription: Measuring the Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Prescribed Food on Recovery from Malnutrition and HIV Disease. Progression Among HIV+ Adult Clients in Ethiopia
Great strides have been made over the last 20 years in the long-term management of HIV infection in developing countries, resulting in improved immune function, reduced mortality, and prolonged survival. However, underlying malnutrition continues to imped
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Milk Matters: The impact of dry season livestock support on milk supply and child nutrition in Somali region, Ethiopia
Children who live in pastoralist areas are increasingly referred to as some of the most nutritionally vulnerable in the world. In Somali Region, Ethiopia, levels of global acute malnutrition among young children are regularly reported to rise above 15 per
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Community Case Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Southern Bangladesh
Bangladesh has the fourth-highest number of children – around 600,000 at any one time – suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in the world. Currently, ongoing national programs (such as the National Nutrition Program) do not include an effective
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The Role of Education in Livelihoods the Somali Region of Ethiopia
What are the links between education and livelihoods in conflict affected areas of the Somali Region of Ethiopia? How can improved education provision contribute to strengthening livelihoods? The BRIDGES project is implemented by Save the Children UK, Mer
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Sex and Age Matters: Improving Humanitarian Response in Emergencies
This report shows that proper collection, analysis and use of sex and age disaggregated data, or SADD, allows operational agencies to deliver assistance more effectively and efficiently in a crisis. The net result is more lives saved, more livelihoods pre