Paul Harvey
@prhho.bsky.social
Partner at Humanitarian Outcomes https://humanitarianoutcomes.org
Co-Director BASIC research https://www.ids.ac.uk/programme-and-centre/basic-research/
Co-Director BASIC research https://www.ids.ac.uk/programme-and-centre/basic-research/
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New report from @prhho.bsky.social , Orzala Nemat, @abbystoddard.bsky.social, and Glyn Taylor on the response to the 2025 Afghanistan earthquake.
Read it here - humanitarianoutcomes.org/Afghanistan_...
Join us for a webinar next week on the topic: October 29 @ 15:00GMT shorturl.at/hXkAE
Read it here - humanitarianoutcomes.org/Afghanistan_...
Join us for a webinar next week on the topic: October 29 @ 15:00GMT shorturl.at/hXkAE
October 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
New report from @prhho.bsky.social , Orzala Nemat, @abbystoddard.bsky.social, and Glyn Taylor on the response to the 2025 Afghanistan earthquake.
Read it here - humanitarianoutcomes.org/Afghanistan_...
Join us for a webinar next week on the topic: October 29 @ 15:00GMT shorturl.at/hXkAE
Read it here - humanitarianoutcomes.org/Afghanistan_...
Join us for a webinar next week on the topic: October 29 @ 15:00GMT shorturl.at/hXkAE
An Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) report on UK aid to Sudan is out - icai.independent.gov.uk/review/uk-ai... Lots of detail and balance. Congrats to those involved.
UK aid to Sudan - an Independent Commission for Aid Impact review
Find out more about ICAI's review assessing the UK’s support for Sudan and people affected by the crisis in neighbouring countries
icai.independent.gov.uk
October 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
An Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) report on UK aid to Sudan is out - icai.independent.gov.uk/review/uk-ai... Lots of detail and balance. Congrats to those involved.
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2025 Aid Worker Security Report - Defenceless: Aid worker security amid the humanitarian funding collapse, is now available for download here - humanitarianoutcomes.org/AWSR_2025
#WHD2025 #ActForHumanity #Notatarget @unocha.org
@abbystoddard.bsky.social
#WHD2025 #ActForHumanity #Notatarget @unocha.org
@abbystoddard.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
2025 Aid Worker Security Report - Defenceless: Aid worker security amid the humanitarian funding collapse, is now available for download here - humanitarianoutcomes.org/AWSR_2025
#WHD2025 #ActForHumanity #Notatarget @unocha.org
@abbystoddard.bsky.social
#WHD2025 #ActForHumanity #Notatarget @unocha.org
@abbystoddard.bsky.social
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The lack of accountability over sexual violence crimes in Tigray, Amhara and Afar has triggered yet more violence, says a new report by Physicians for Human Rights and the Organisation for Justice and Accountability in the Horn of Africa.
Silence over sexual violence in Ethiopia enables yet more abuse, says report
The failure to hold perpetrators to account has fueled revenge attacks.
buff.ly
August 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The lack of accountability over sexual violence crimes in Tigray, Amhara and Afar has triggered yet more violence, says a new report by Physicians for Human Rights and the Organisation for Justice and Accountability in the Horn of Africa.
Mark your diaries for - www.ids.ac.uk/events/inves...
No-one suggests trying to run a health system without doctors and nurses but in too many crises we're trying to provide assistance without investing in the workforce needed to do it properly. Monday 21st July at 2pm UK time
No-one suggests trying to run a health system without doctors and nurses but in too many crises we're trying to provide assistance without investing in the workforce needed to do it properly. Monday 21st July at 2pm UK time
Investing in local social protection workers in protracted crises - Institute of Development Studies
This event will explore the opportunities for smarter investment in frontline capacities for social protection in deepening crises.
www.ids.ac.uk
July 15, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Mark your diaries for - www.ids.ac.uk/events/inves...
No-one suggests trying to run a health system without doctors and nurses but in too many crises we're trying to provide assistance without investing in the workforce needed to do it properly. Monday 21st July at 2pm UK time
No-one suggests trying to run a health system without doctors and nurses but in too many crises we're trying to provide assistance without investing in the workforce needed to do it properly. Monday 21st July at 2pm UK time
Deadline for submitting evidence to the high level panel on social protection in settings of conflict and fragility is July 6th. Get your thoughts in while you can www.surveymonkey.com/r/enquiry_so...
Global Public Enquiry
The High-Level Panel on Social Protection in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings convenes this public enquiry to address the urgent and complex challenges of delivering and sustaining social protec...
www.surveymonkey.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Deadline for submitting evidence to the high level panel on social protection in settings of conflict and fragility is July 6th. Get your thoughts in while you can www.surveymonkey.com/r/enquiry_so...
Where next for social protection financing in crises asks Sophia Swithern and Kirsty Lazer for BASIC Research @ids.ac.uk www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/fin...
June 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Where next for social protection financing in crises asks Sophia Swithern and Kirsty Lazer for BASIC Research @ids.ac.uk www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/fin...
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Interested in humanitarian security risk management? Visit the Good Practice Review 8, 3rd edition, interactive website to explore all the book content, security terms glossary, further resources, and much more ➡️ gpr8.humanitarianoutcomes.org
June 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Interested in humanitarian security risk management? Visit the Good Practice Review 8, 3rd edition, interactive website to explore all the book content, security terms glossary, further resources, and much more ➡️ gpr8.humanitarianoutcomes.org
The always useful humanitarian evidence summary is out for June - k4d.ids.ac.uk/resource/k4d...
K4DD Humanitarian Evidence and Discourse Summary No.12
This monthly Humanitarian Evidence and Discourse Summary aims to signpost to the latest relevant evidence and discourse on humanitarian action.
k4d.ids.ac.uk
June 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The always useful humanitarian evidence summary is out for June - k4d.ids.ac.uk/resource/k4d...
Also just out by Gabrielle smith for the STAAR Facility a magisterial synthesis of lessons from six country studies on maintaining and strengthening social assistance in conflict settings. socialprotection.org/discover/pub...
socialprotection.org
June 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Also just out by Gabrielle smith for the STAAR Facility a magisterial synthesis of lessons from six country studies on maintaining and strengthening social assistance in conflict settings. socialprotection.org/discover/pub...
Whilst we're on good questions - Is Poverty Underestimated Because Males and Females Report Food Security and Food Expenses Differently? ask Camelia Vasilov , Rachel Sabates-Wheeler and Mats Hoppenbrouwers for BASIC Research (short answer is yes) - www.ids.ac.uk/publications...
Is Poverty Underestimated Because Males and Females Report Food Security and Food Expenses Differently? - Institute of Development Studies
Does the gender of household survey respondents affect the accuracy of reported food consumption? Findings from a randomisation-based survey of beneficiary households in the Productive Safety Net Prog...
www.ids.ac.uk
June 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Whilst we're on good questions - Is Poverty Underestimated Because Males and Females Report Food Security and Food Expenses Differently? ask Camelia Vasilov , Rachel Sabates-Wheeler and Mats Hoppenbrouwers for BASIC Research (short answer is yes) - www.ids.ac.uk/publications...
A big question - Can Social Protection Programmes Promote Livelihoods and Climate Resilience in Conflict‑Affected Settings? - (the short answer is it could but it isn't) www.ids.ac.uk/publications...
Can Social Protection Programmes Promote Livelihoods and Climate Resilience in Conflict‑Affected Settings? Evidence from Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme - Institute of Development Studies
The paper discusses the growing interest in using social protection to address climate-related vulnerabilities and strengthen resilience, particularly in conflict-affected settings. It examines the Pr...
www.ids.ac.uk
June 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
A big question - Can Social Protection Programmes Promote Livelihoods and Climate Resilience in Conflict‑Affected Settings? - (the short answer is it could but it isn't) www.ids.ac.uk/publications...
And whilst I'm on brilliant BASIC Research work - there's a new paper by @beckycarter.bsky.social and Hassan-Alattar Satti on supporting mutual aid and community led responses in Sudan - www.ids.ac.uk/publications...
Supporting Mutual Aid in Sudan: Conflict-Sensitive Approaches to Risk and Accountability - Institute of Development Studies
This study explores how mechanisms of social solidarity have been shaped by the war in Sudan, and by their interaction with external funders.
www.ids.ac.uk
June 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
And whilst I'm on brilliant BASIC Research work - there's a new paper by @beckycarter.bsky.social and Hassan-Alattar Satti on supporting mutual aid and community led responses in Sudan - www.ids.ac.uk/publications...
Hot off the press - An analysis of the challenges and opportunities for financing social protection on conflicts by the brilliant team of Sophia Swithern Niklas Rieger and Kirsty Lazer for BASIC Research - @ids.ac.uk
www.ids.ac.uk/publications...
www.ids.ac.uk/publications...
Financing Social Protection in Protracted Crises - Institute of Development Studies
The paper discusses the growing interest in using social protection to address climate-related vulnerabilities and strengthen resilience, particularly in conflict-affected settings. It examines the Pr...
www.ids.ac.uk
June 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Hot off the press - An analysis of the challenges and opportunities for financing social protection on conflicts by the brilliant team of Sophia Swithern Niklas Rieger and Kirsty Lazer for BASIC Research - @ids.ac.uk
www.ids.ac.uk/publications...
www.ids.ac.uk/publications...
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How much #zakat is being paid in #Pakistan during #Ramadan?
Our research estimates the total is over 600 billion rupees - more than the state's main social support grant (BISP), more than the state collects in excise duty or in official development aid.
Read more here:
www.ictd.ac/blog/pakista...
Our research estimates the total is over 600 billion rupees - more than the state's main social support grant (BISP), more than the state collects in excise duty or in official development aid.
Read more here:
www.ictd.ac/blog/pakista...
March 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
How much #zakat is being paid in #Pakistan during #Ramadan?
Our research estimates the total is over 600 billion rupees - more than the state's main social support grant (BISP), more than the state collects in excise duty or in official development aid.
Read more here:
www.ictd.ac/blog/pakista...
Our research estimates the total is over 600 billion rupees - more than the state's main social support grant (BISP), more than the state collects in excise duty or in official development aid.
Read more here:
www.ictd.ac/blog/pakista...
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🗣️ Famine warning, needs assessments, health data: Humanitarian action will be groping in the dark if vital data sources are allowed to crumble.
The data streams that underpin humanitarian response are about to collapse
Famine warning, needs assessments, health data: Humanitarian action will be groping in the dark if vital data sources are allowed to crumble.
buff.ly
March 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🗣️ Famine warning, needs assessments, health data: Humanitarian action will be groping in the dark if vital data sources are allowed to crumble.
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We may never know the true impact of the US foreign aid cuts, since losing the funding also means losing the ability to measure. Some colleagues and I wrote about the threat to humanitarian data. @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
The data streams that underpin humanitarian response are about to collapse
Famine warning, needs assessments, health data: Humanitarian action will be groping in the dark if vital data sources are allowed to crumble.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
March 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
We may never know the true impact of the US foreign aid cuts, since losing the funding also means losing the ability to measure. Some colleagues and I wrote about the threat to humanitarian data. @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
I've been reading a lot of reflections about how the USAID freeze is a moment to reflect on fundamental reform of humanitarian action. Whilst I'm all for reform and reflection that's been making me uneasy in a way I've been struggling to pin down. 1 of 3 or 4
February 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I've been reading a lot of reflections about how the USAID freeze is a moment to reflect on fundamental reform of humanitarian action. Whilst I'm all for reform and reflection that's been making me uneasy in a way I've been struggling to pin down. 1 of 3 or 4
New briefing by Proximity International and Rachel Slater on what's happening to social protection in Syria after the change of regime - www.proximityinternational.com/proximitylab
Proximity Lab | Proximity International
The creative side of the Proximity brain.
www.proximityinternational.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
New briefing by Proximity International and Rachel Slater on what's happening to social protection in Syria after the change of regime - www.proximityinternational.com/proximitylab
Excitingly the brilliant @verobarbelet.bsky.social now here on Bluesky
verobarbelet.bsky.social
January 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Excitingly the brilliant @verobarbelet.bsky.social now here on Bluesky
Latest humanitarian access snapshot for Gaza - reliefweb.int/report/occup....
Gaza Humanitarian Access Snapshot #8 (13 November - 10 December 2024) - occupied Palestinian territory
Analysis in English on occupied Palestinian territory about Food and Nutrition, Logistics and Telecommunications, Epidemic and more; published on 13 Dec 2024 by ACF, ActionAid and 26ount other organiz...
reliefweb.int
December 17, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Latest humanitarian access snapshot for Gaza - reliefweb.int/report/occup....
I'm late coming to this but this @newhumanitarian.bsky.social article on targeted killings of people involved in aid deliveries in Gaza by the Israeli army is vital reading - www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio...
Targeted aid killings: How Israel starved a population and sowed chaos in northern Gaza
Experts say the series of Israeli attacks that violently dismantled a UN-backed humanitarian effort shows “a pattern of apparent war crimes”.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
December 17, 2024 at 9:43 AM
I'm late coming to this but this @newhumanitarian.bsky.social article on targeted killings of people involved in aid deliveries in Gaza by the Israeli army is vital reading - www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio...
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New systematic lit review looks at #cashtransfers and other social assistance programs through a crisis lens in #Africa.
Hirvonen et al
www.wider.unu.edu/sites/defaul...
Hirvonen et al
www.wider.unu.edu/sites/defaul...
December 15, 2024 at 3:42 AM
New systematic lit review looks at #cashtransfers and other social assistance programs through a crisis lens in #Africa.
Hirvonen et al
www.wider.unu.edu/sites/defaul...
Hirvonen et al
www.wider.unu.edu/sites/defaul...
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🚨We would like to invite you to participate in the upcoming Hangout meetings of the Social Protection in Crisis Contexts Online Community scheduled for December
📅Wednesday, 11 December
🕒9:30am New York / 2:30pm London
🔗Register: https://tinyurl.com/4k525wdu
🗣️Open discussion
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📅Wednesday, 11 December
🕒9:30am New York / 2:30pm London
🔗Register: https://tinyurl.com/4k525wdu
🗣️Open discussion
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December 9, 2024 at 4:20 PM
🚨We would like to invite you to participate in the upcoming Hangout meetings of the Social Protection in Crisis Contexts Online Community scheduled for December
📅Wednesday, 11 December
🕒9:30am New York / 2:30pm London
🔗Register: https://tinyurl.com/4k525wdu
🗣️Open discussion
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📅Wednesday, 11 December
🕒9:30am New York / 2:30pm London
🔗Register: https://tinyurl.com/4k525wdu
🗣️Open discussion
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