Literature monitoring

The Reality of Aid Report 2023: 30 years of Amplifying Southern Voices, Reality of Aid, 2024
Decades of politicization largely influenced and inarguably shaped how Official Development Assistance (ODA), or more popularly known as “aid”, is delivered to and received by the Global South. This briefer lifts and synthesizes accounts from the recently published Reality of Aid Report 2023 that dissects patterns and trends in development cooperation over the last 30 years, in the hopes of coming up with alternatives for a future where people’s rights are championed. It lists some points on how the Report reimagines aid and development cooperation as truly inclusive and people-centered, opposite of narratives that speak of inflation, securitization, and privatization.
https://realityofaid.org/the-future-of-aid-recounts-from-the-reality-of-aid-report-2023/

Blending Tradition and Modernity for Disaster Risk Reduction at the Epicenter of Crisis: The Case of Afghanistan and Somalia, IRC, Airbel Impact Lab, 2024
The three global challenges of climate change, poverty and conflict are converging to form a new epicenter of crisis in just 17 countries. The research led by Airbel Impact Lab is to integrate local, indigenous and traditional knowledge with emerging technology to promote holistic and adaptable Disaster Risk Reduction solutions that span preparation, response and recovery under dynamic climatic and conflict conditions. This case study describes a bank of early solution ideas emerging from this work, specially in Afghanistan and Somalia.
https://www.rescue.org/report/blending-tradition-and-modernity-disaster-risk-reduction-epicenter-crisis

The humanitarian response to COVID-19: Lessons for future pandemics and global crises, E. Kerkvliet & al., ALNAP, 2024
The collective experience of the COVID-19 response provides valuable lessons for future pandemics and other global crises. This synthesis draws on 87 evaluations from actors across the humanitarian system to capture learning that will improve future humanitarian response. It examines how humanitarian organisations adapted to the pandemic and identifies the key successes and challenges in the response.
https://library.alnap.org/help-library/the-humanitarian-response-to-covid-19-lessons-for-future-pandemics-and-global-crises
Video: ALNAP’s Learning Curve – COVID 19… A catalyst for change or retreat to the familiar? ALNAP, 1h27mn, 2024
https://library.alnap.org/help-library/alnaps-learning-curve-covid-19a-catalyst-for-change-or-retreat-to-the-familiar