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Published on 12 January 2021 IDS is leading a new Foreign and Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)-funded programme which will inform policy and programming on how to help poor and vulnerable people cope better with crises including recurrent shocks, climate crises, humanitarian crises, protracted conflict and forced displacement. The new Better Assistance in Crises (BASIC) Research programme is led by IDS together with the University of Sussex and the Centre for International Development and Training (CIDT) at the University of Wolverhampton. Paul Harvey said: “BASIC research is about finding ways to help people through provision of more effective social assistance in places where needs are most desperate, but where getting aid to people is hardest. Research in places such as Yemen, Iraq and Mali will explore ways in which humanitarian aid, social protection systems and adaptations to the climate crisis can work together to help people

East sussexUnited kingdomPaul harveyRachel sabates wheelerRachel slaterCentre for international developmentUniversity of sussexUn refugee agencyBetter assistance in crises researchDevelopment officeUniversity of wolverhamptonBetter assistanceInternational developmentHumanitarian outcomesJeremy lindSocial protection adviser