To address hunger, the Government of Delhi had issued temporary ration e-coupons in the first COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020. This article uses a data set of nearly 17 lakh households that applied for e-coupons to measure and spatialise food insecurity in the city. It does so to measure unmet demand for social protection as well as to draw learnings for the design of urban social
Better Assistance in Crises (BASIC) Research is collaborating with socialprotection.org throughout June to deliver an interactive e-discussion series on delivering social assistance in crises contexts.With the upswell of humanitarian crises, including in Ukraine, Tigray, Yemen, and elsewhere, understanding social protection in crises – and how it interfaces with humanitarian
This seminar introduces BASIC (Better Assistance in Crises) Research, a programme examining how to strengthen assistance in protracted crises through improved ways of linking social protection and humanitarian aid.