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/
Some things that struck me:
FCDO fired its Sudanese staff after the evacuation of the embassy, surge hasn't worked, the office is under-staffed, restrictive security inhibits the ability of staff to get to Sudan and the approach to localisation has been limited and too cautious.
FCDO fired its Sudanese staff after the evacuation of the embassy, surge hasn't worked, the office is under-staffed, restrictive security inhibits the ability of staff to get to Sudan and the approach to localisation has been limited and too cautious.
October 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Some things that struck me:
FCDO fired its Sudanese staff after the evacuation of the embassy, surge hasn't worked, the office is under-staffed, restrictive security inhibits the ability of staff to get to Sudan and the approach to localisation has been limited and too cautious.
FCDO fired its Sudanese staff after the evacuation of the embassy, surge hasn't worked, the office is under-staffed, restrictive security inhibits the ability of staff to get to Sudan and the approach to localisation has been limited and too cautious.
Ooh - real work. Lots of good luck.
October 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Ooh - real work. Lots of good luck.
Looks like it - are you no longer there?
October 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Looks like it - are you no longer there?
There’s a long and ongoing tradition of work requirements in humanitarian relief with lots of odd terminology. Cash or food for work - as opposed to jobs
October 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
There’s a long and ongoing tradition of work requirements in humanitarian relief with lots of odd terminology. Cash or food for work - as opposed to jobs
And tangential but maybe interesting- odi.org/en/publicati...
Dependency and humanitarian relief: a critical analysis
In many emergency contexts, aid agencies hesitate to provide aid for extended periods because of fears that doing so may create ‘dependency’. These concerns can influence decisions about levels of ass...
odi.org
October 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
And tangential but maybe interesting- odi.org/en/publicati...
There are always lots of excuses - short-term funding cycles, blaming the donors etc - but they often seem to me like fixable problems
August 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
There are always lots of excuses - short-term funding cycles, blaming the donors etc - but they often seem to me like fixable problems
The answer in Yemen was pretty simple - pay the (mostly women) in lowest paid roles at community level more and provide more secure contracts
August 18, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The answer in Yemen was pretty simple - pay the (mostly women) in lowest paid roles at community level more and provide more secure contracts
And look out for forthcoming work by @gauthiermarchais.bsky.social and colleagues on social assistance in Niger for BASIC research @ids.ac.uk
July 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
And look out for forthcoming work by @gauthiermarchais.bsky.social and colleagues on social assistance in Niger for BASIC research @ids.ac.uk
July 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Someone who’d been a fixer for a mining company helped me order, recommended a local ‘factory’ of little old ladies with sewing machines and worked for Concern for the next 15 years
July 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Someone who’d been a fixer for a mining company helped me order, recommended a local ‘factory’ of little old ladies with sewing machines and worked for Concern for the next 15 years
As I sat in Dushanbe wondering how I was going to buy 30,000 blankets and get them to Afghanistan and doing a chicken impression to try and get fed 1/2
July 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
As I sat in Dushanbe wondering how I was going to buy 30,000 blankets and get them to Afghanistan and doing a chicken impression to try and get fed 1/2
Deadline extended to the 13th - so you can head to the beach for the weekend and still get it in
July 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Deadline extended to the 13th - so you can head to the beach for the weekend and still get it in
Huge congratulations @abbystoddard.bsky.social , Adelicia Fairbanks @marianaduqued.bsky.social MJ and all of the rest of the @humoutcomes.bsky.social team involved and all of the main other contributors and collaborators and HPN for publishing it @hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social A vital resource.
June 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Huge congratulations @abbystoddard.bsky.social , Adelicia Fairbanks @marianaduqued.bsky.social MJ and all of the rest of the @humoutcomes.bsky.social team involved and all of the main other contributors and collaborators and HPN for publishing it @hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social A vital resource.
And a Humanitarian Advisory Group evaluation of DEC funding for the floods in Pakistan - humanitarianadvisorygroup.org/insight/a-sn...
A Snowball Effect: Lessons and Outcomes from the Dec’s Pakistan Floods Response 2022-2024 - Humanitarian Advisory Group
humanitarianadvisorygroup.org
June 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
And a Humanitarian Advisory Group evaluation of DEC funding for the floods in Pakistan - humanitarianadvisorygroup.org/insight/a-sn...