Paul Harvey

Research Associate, Humanitarian Policy Group

p.harvey.ra@odi.org.uk

Paul Harvey is a Research Associate with HPG and a partner with Humanitarian Outcomes. Recent work has included reports on the role of state, cash based responses, remittances and dependency in humanitarian aid, a review of the state of the humanitarian system for ALNAP and an evaluation of WFP’s livelihoods recovery programming. Prior to joining ODI he worked for various NGOs as an emergency manager, including longer postings in Somalia, Sierra Leone and Kosovo.

He was previously a Research Fellow with the Humanitarian Policy Group in the Overseas Development Institute. Recent work has included reports on the role of state, cash based responses, remittances and dependency in humanitarian aid, a review of the state of the humanitarian system for ALNAP and an evaluation of WFP’s livelihoods recovery programming. Prior to joining ODI he worked for various NGOs as an emergency manager, including longer postings in Somalia, Sierra Leone and Kosovo.

Outputs

Getting beyond seeds and tools in eastern Democratic Republic Congo

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 1 March 2013

'Difficult and risky contexts should not be an excuse for inaction or inadequate action when it comes to securing livelihoods in eastern Democratic Republic Congo.'

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Don't build stuff - get people talking: a roundtable discussion of the practical implications of the African Power and Politics

Event - Round-table - 10 January 2013 13:00 - 15:00 (GMT+00)

This roundtable brought together academics and practitioners to debate the practical implications of the Africa Power and Politics Programme (APPP) synthesis report.

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The New Deal in difficult places

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 10 December 2012

'The New Deal is an exciting new development, but this shouldn't prevent critical analysis of its limitations'

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Millennium Development Goals and fragile states

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 16 November 2012

'The conflation of conflict and fragility is often politically convenient because it allows people to ignore conflicts in richer, more powerful or strategically important countries.'

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Views amidst violence: can perception surveys improve aid in fragile states?

Event - Public event - 14 June 2012 16:00 - 17:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

Aid policy and programming in fragile and conflict-affected situations often assumes that investing in improved service delivery, justice and security can contribute to state-building and peace-building. Surveys are increasingly used to better understand the attitudes and perceptions of people in conflict-affected countries but their impact on decisions about aid interventions is less clear. This public meeting, organised by the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC) and hosted by ODI will explore the challenges associated with delivering perception surveys in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCAS), share findings from two surveys in Haiti and Afghanistan and assess how far these two perceptions surveys have successfully influenced aid policies.

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