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Humanitarian crises are growing in length and complexity due to external destabilising pressures including conflict, COVID, and climate change. Marielle Snel and Nik Sorensen call for humanitarian and development WASH professionals to work together to develop effective humanitarian WASH programming that keeps long-term development goals in mind.

Humanitarian crises are growing in length and complexity due to external destabilising pressures including conflict, COVID, and climate change. Marielle Snel and Nik Sorensen call for humanitarian and development WASH professionals to work together to develop effective humanitarian WASH programming that keeps long-term development goals in mind.

This book sets out the power of a values-based, systems-oriented, contextually derived, participatory measurement process to drive changes in social systems that result in measurable changes in behavior. It is based on You Get What You Measure (YGWYM), a unique approach trademarked by Yellow Wood Associates.

The Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) target livestock-owning communities affected by humanitarian crises. Drawing on international evidence-based best practice, LEGS supports practitioners to design and implement emergency responses that protect and rebuild livestock-based livelihoods.

The authors highlight the importance of confronting the financialization of food and agriculture, identify the challenges of conventional approaches to reform and consider innovative alternatives. Speculative Harvests is essential for those who not only seek a better understanding of the problems but are also in search of effective interventions.

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Islam and International Development centres around analysis of successful projects that have respected and incorporated Islamic teachings into their design and delivery, so that development professionals and Muslim communities can work together to effect meaningful and sustainable change.

How can we stimulate lasting recovery from climate disasters, with limited resources and funds? Widely available limestone is a key component to achieving this goal. Many communities are familiar with these materials, and so, once equipped with the skills to work with them, they can rebuild communities and lead their own recovery.

What Works for Africa's Poorest Children? From Measurement to Action provides cutting edge examples on how we can identify child poverty and deprivation, analyses innovative ultra-poor child sensitive programmes, and provides new public financing and governance rights suggestions for child poverty elimination.