Based on quantitative and qualitative information recorded in destination countries, this one-year research seeks to understand the extent to which the economic downturn has influenced the decisions...
Nutritional status is a key outcome of food security, health and care, therefore an important measure of well-being, in both UNICEF and WFP conceptual frameworks. Both frameworks consider food...
This proposal will develop a conceptual framework to monitor household coping strategies and their evolution to continuously adjust to compounds risks and shocks.
To this end, it will:
UNICEF is currently working to strengthen real-time monitoring in 8 countries to better track how vulnerable populations are coping with crisis. Each country is assessing current information networks...
In December 2009, the Deputy Secretary-General launched the Rapid Impact and Vulnerability Analysis Fund (RIVAF) as part of the Global Pulse initiative. The RIVAF grant-making mechanism will support...
Global Pulse in partnership with MobileActive.org is conducting a mobile phone survey across multiple countries including Uganda, India, Mexico, Ukraine and Iraq. The survey is being conducted via...
Global Pulse has partnered with Question Box to test the potential of using search queries to identify emerging risks amongst vulnerable populations at a local level. The findings of this...
Tourism has become a major economic engine at the global level, yet it is highly localised. Due to its geographical distribution and labour intensive nature, tourism provides a wide range of...
The research will monitor selected crisis-sensitive health and poverty indicators in 4 countries, including Colombia, Ghana, Jordan and Ethiopia. The lessons drawn from this exercise will help to...
In partnership with the Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW) and the National Council for Women in Egypt (NCW), UN ESCWA is undertaking a one-year research project to assess the impact of...
Findings from previous research suggest that the economic crisis is widening inequalities in education. This specific study will generate further information that provides micro-level insights into...
The Global Pulse initiative has begun a series of consultations to solicit new and creative thinking for the development of the Global Pulse platform. As part of this series of consultations, the...
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is undertaking a twelve-month research project to identify how the global financial crisis and economic slowdown is affecting violent crime levels, using...
As part of the Global Pulse initiative's design and development phase, UNU-EHS prepared a series of expert studies to help the project gain a better understanding of how different communities of...
The use of mobile phones for quick-time data collection is proliferating around the world. To get a better understanding of the scale and scope of these new data collection efforts, the Global Pulse...
