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Part One: UISSS - Shaping Ukraine's Social Safety Net for the Digital Age Writer: Thomas Byrnes Thomas Byrnes Feb 20, 2024 4 min read February 20, 2024 I’m excited to share the first of four blog po...
Writer: Thomas Byrnes Thomas Byrnes Feb 18, 2024 4 min read By Thomas Byrnes on 18/02/2022 This note was created to promote discussion on this topic and as such cannot consider all potential issues ...
Reflections on "Keep in touch with the people." Perceptions of aid in Ukraine's changing context, July 2023" Writer: Thomas Byrnes Thomas Byrnes Aug 31, 2023 2 min read As someone who has worked in s...
Cash Transfers in a Changing World: A Summary of the World Bank's COVID-19 Analysis Writer: Thomas Byrnes Thomas Byrnes Aug 16, 2023 5 min read In these challenging times, the effectiveness of social...
Writer: Thomas Byrnes Thomas Byrnes Feb 10, 2023 7 min read Submitted by Social Protection Technical Assistance, Advice and Resources (STAAR) on Fri, 10/02/2023 - 18:47 As we approach the sombre mi...
Writer: Thomas Byrnes Thomas Byrnes Jan 9, 2023 2 min read For the humanitarian and development communities, the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine is an unprecedented scenario, with a large-scale, ...
Writer: Thomas Byrnes Thomas Byrnes Dec 6, 2022 4 min read Yesterday, I had the pleasure of speaking with Rory Crew, a Technical Advisor at the Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) Network, about the imp...
Writer: Thomas Byrnes Thomas Byrnes Oct 5, 2022 6 min read Introduction The war in Ukraine, which escalated in February 2022, with the large-scale Russian Invasion, has remained volatile as the front...
Writer: Thomas Byrnes Thomas Byrnes Sep 28, 2022 4 min read Introduction I recently had the opportunity to meet with Kostiantyn Koshelenko the Deputy Minister of Social Policy for Digital Transformat...
Writer: Thomas Byrnes Thomas Byrnes Sep 24, 2022 5 min read The Donor Cash Forum (DCF) recently published a Common Donor Statement and Guiding Principles on Interoperability of Data Systems in Humani...
Financial Service Provider's market system mapping and process analysis. Ukraine response : August 2022 Writer: Thomas Byrnes Thomas Byrnes Aug 4, 2022 16 min read Summery Ukraine has a highly develo...
Thomas Byrnes Aug 2, 2022 3 min read Summary The Central Bank of Ukraine (NBU) devalued the currency by 25% on July 23rd. As a result, the harmonised humanitarian multi-purpose transfer rate of 2200...
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