
Alastair Whitson
Blog posts
Cash in crisis: The case of Zimbabwe’s ‘Cash First’ humanitarian response
Friday, 14 July 2017 10:52Based on the experience of delivering the first large-scale humanitarian cash programme in Zimbabwe, this briefing paper argues that even during a liquidity crisis, cash transfer programming can still be a feasible option, giving people greater
Managing cash-based programmes in a volatile markets context
Friday, 14 July 2017 10:39This case study of the first large-scale humanitarian cash programme in Zimbabwe presents learning and recommendations on how to design and adapt cash transfer programmes to mitigate the risk of a cash liquidity
Partnering with Mobile Network Operators in Zimbabwe to deliver humanitarian cash transfers
Friday, 14 July 2017 10:24This case study explores the partnership between CARE International and World Vision with two mobile network operators to deliver the first humanitarian cash transfer programme to be carried out on a large scale in
The Path to 2020: Delivering transformative, rights-based family planning
Monday, 10 July 2017 11:02In 2012, CARE joined other civil society organisations, governments and donors to commit to providing an additional 120 million women and girls with family planning information and services by 2020. This report reviews CARE's progress towards our
Financial services for resilience: how to assess the impacts?
Monday, 12 June 2017 09:20Implementing innovative methodologies to measure resilience in Niger
This report from the BRACED programme, which aims to build the resilience of vulnerable people against climate extremes and disasters, explores the
Adaptable and effective: Cash in the face of multi-dimensional crisis – Lessons from Zimbabwe
Thursday, 06 July 2017 08:56A summary of the learnings and recommendations from an internal and external evaluation of the Emergency Cash-First Response to Drought-Affected Communities in the Southern Provinces of Zimbabwe project which was carried out from August 2015 to
2017 Family Planning Summit: CARE's Key Messages and Policy Asks
Friday, 30 June 2017 16:05FP2020 has brought a powerful focus on family planning – but we must accelerate progress and fill key gaps to ensure we reach all people with the contraception/family planning services they want and
How can humanitarian organisations encourage more women in surge?
Friday, 28 April 2017 14:57Humanitarian responses rely heavily on having people quickly in place to meet the immediate needs of affected populations. This paper asserts that the ‘right people’ means a gender balance in surge practice and therefore more women in surge
Inequality and injustice: The deteriorating situation for women and girls in South Sudan's war
Wednesday, 14 December 2016 00:00This progressive gender analysis is based on a number of CARE’s rapid gender analyses in South Sudan conducted since December 2013 and focuses on gender-based violence. CARE's rapid gender analyses are designed as an incremental process: as