Working papers

Impact. Innovation. Learning.

Data and Information Systems for Adaptive Social Protection

Findings show technical & political barriers to integrating disaster risk data into social protection, plus key gaps & recommendations for future research.

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Governance and Institutions for Adaptive Social Protection

Study examines social protection governance: legal frameworks, coordination, decentralization, and HR—highlighting gaps and strategies for crisis response.

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Social protection in response to covariate shocks

What works for children’s outcomes? Meta-analysis and scoping review

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Accelerating evaluation synthesis analysis: A case study

A case-study on data extraction from 631 UNICEF evaluation reports shows that evaluation synthesis can be accelerated through automated text analysis.

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Afghanistan: Quasi-experimental techniques for L3 evaluation

We use secondary data and quasi-experimental approaches to assess health and child protection outcomes in Afghanistan.

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Impact analysis of emergency response in Ukraine

We conduct an analysis of UNICEF interventions in Ukraine to assess health, education, and WASH outcomes using secondary data.

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