A team of UNU-MERIT researchers composed of Maximilian Bruder, Thomas Baar, Prof Shyama Ramani & Cristina Garcia Santos authored a literature review on humanitarian innovation commissioned by the evaluation department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. The report’s aim is to answer the overarching question: What added value do innovative approaches bring in the pursuit of Dutch policy objectives and what are effective ways for the Netherlands as a donor and diplomatic act...
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In a remote corner of northwest Kenya, 800km from the capital Nairobi, lies a sprawling urban settlement built from tin sheet and tarpaulin provided by various UN agencies. Kakuma, the name shared by a town and one of the largest refugee settlements in Africa, is a remote place in a geographic, moral and economic sense; in Swahili, the regional language, Kakuma simply means ‘Nowhere’. On the one hand, it is a place of respite from conflict and famine for tens of thousands of inhabitants. On the ...
Throughout this series we have highlighted the importance of social protection for forced migrants, despite the political and economic effects surrounding its provision. In so doing, we have now built a guidance framework on how to adapt humanitarian relief into social protection, as part of a long-term effort to ensure a sustainable level of well-being for all. What is ultimately needed is a system that is not only protective but holistically transformative – and this is all the more critical a...