This report looks at key lessons from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) first anticipatory action (AA) pilot for drought in Somalia, designed and endorsed in 2019. The framework triggered in June 2020 based on projected food insecurity due to covid-19, locusts and flooding.

IDA19: A VITAL TOOL IN MANAGING CRISIS RISK

This policy brief draws on the findings of five Discussion Papers in the Centre’s IDA19 Series. Asking how IDA could be strengthened to deliver better results for those living in extreme poverty, it identifies a number of strategic and operational challenges that should be addressed if IDA is to fulfil its potential as a major financier of crisis risk.