Changing Aid Industry Norms: Applying the Market Systems Development Approach to the DRC's Aid Industry

With crises plaguing the DRC for the last 25 years, the aid industry has become a key player in the Congolese economy and an attractive market segment for businesses. This is particularly t…

MERS in Practice: Using MERS to work within Nexus, During COVID and Beyond

Check out this TEDx style video that discusses bridging the humanitarian-development divide using the Minimum Economic Recovery Standards (MERS).

Compendium Of Good Practices On Conducting MEAL in Partnerships With International Actors And Local Faith Actors

MEAL and faith in the development and humanitarian sector Faith actors have long been involved in initiatives aimed at improving the wellbeing
and health of communities. While much of…

Building Resilience through Self Help Groups: Evidence Review

This report synthesizes the state of knowledge on the linkages between psychosocial factors and resilience through the lens of Self Help Groups (SHGs). The objective of the report is two-fold.…

Quick Digests from Markets in Crises Community LIVE Markets & COVID Online Discussion

Resilience Measurement Practical Guidance Note Series 7: Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) in Resilience Programming

The purpose of Guidance Note 7, Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) in Resilience Programming, is to provide a resource for policymakers and implementing organizations looking to identify cost-effecti…

Integrating Savings and Income Generating Activities into Community Health Clubs for Improved Sanitation

In rural Zimbabwe, the Amalima project implemented a project promoting Community Health Clubs (CHC) in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Ministry of Health to facilitate sanitation and hygiene b…

Towards Resilience: Advancing Collective Impact in Protracted Crises

As global crises increase in number, duration, and complexity, COVID-19 promises to further decimate local economies, erode public trust, and upend social networks in conflict-affected setting…

Multi-purpose Cash Assistance in Lebanon - Impact evaluation on the well-being of Syrian refugees

The two year study assessed the impact of multi-purpose cash (MPC) on the well-being of over 11,000 Syrian refugee households living in the Bekaa, North and Mount Lebanon. The study finds that…

MARKit: Market Monitoring, Analysis and Response Kit 2nd Edition

Why monitor markets? Markets play a key role in the response to and recovery from a crisis. Understanding how local, national and international markets function and interact is therefore a cri…