Iraq: Launch of Price Monitoring Dashboard Enhances Analytical Capacity of Partners

In collaboration with national cash working groups, UN agencies, implementing partners, and donors, REACH works globally and nationally to address core information gaps in cash and voucher assistance (CVA) and provide evidence to support more effective Cash & Voucher interventions.

The COP27 climate summit kicked off this week in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. As parties to the climate change treaty gather to review annual progress on reducing carbon emissions, one key issue at the forefront for many activists is the impact the climate crisis is having on poorer countries. These nations bear the brunt of erratic […]

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Since Iraq is considered an extremely water stressed country, achieving the crucial mandate of water for all will be a challenge. However, up-to-date data that aims to shed light on all the facets of this crisis can provide actors with an evidence-based shared understanding from which to tackle this vital task effectively.

Following the de-escalation of active military operations in Iraq, the fighting has stabilised. The government has been encouraging IDPs to return to their area of origin, with camps progressively closing since June 2019. In spite of this recommendation, the vast majority of IDP households living in camps reported having no intention of returning to their area of origin.

Over eight years of destructive conflict has taken a heavy toll on Syria’s economy. Massive internal displacement, emigration and mortality have greatly weakened the population, out of which more than half are estimated to be in the need of assistance. With this in mind, REACH conducted an in-depth cash and markets assessment across northeast Syria to better understand the feasibility and implications of scaling up cash-based interventions.

Nine years of conflict in northeast Nigeria have caused widespread displacement and suffering, with the UN estimating 7.7 million people to be in need of humanitarian assistance at the start of 2018. In response to these needs, humanitarian actors have sought to provide vulnerable populations with aid through both in-kind distributions and cash-based assistance, although […]

Over the last four years, nearly 6 million people were displaced by conflict in Iraq. As of early 2018, 2.3 million people remain internally displaced, including over 580,000 residing in formal camp settings. While new displacements continue, the overall number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has decreased considerably as the cessation of active fighting and […]