Alternatives for FEMA Disaster-Related Housing Assistance

Alternatives for FEMA Disaster-Related Housing Assistance Project Reports Research Team Contact Us Project Partners In the spring of 2017, Acting Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Robert Fenton acted on a recommendation from a national Housing...

Models and Metrics for Humanitarian Response Capacity

Jason Acimovic, Jarrod GoentzelPartners: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), UN Humanitarian Response Depots (UNHRD), US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Many organizations stockpile inventory in...

Ebola Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Standards

Maria Bassou, Emily Gooding, Marianne JahrePartner: Avenir Analytics The recent Ebola outbreak in Liberia prompted a vast international response from various governments, NGOs, and UN organizations. In the case of Personal protective equipment (PPE) for...

Food Aid Packaging Evaluation

Mark Brennan, Jarrod Goentzel, Prithvi Sundar, MIT Comprehensive Initiative for Technology Evaluation (CITE)Partner: USAID Food for Peace began in 1954, and is implemented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Each year, nearly $2.2...

Solar Lanterns Evaluation

Jarrod Goentzel, Tim Breitbach, MIT Comprehensive Initiative for Technology Evaluation (CITE) ​ Partners: Solar Sister Solar lanterns have the potential to impact key development outcomes for parts of the developing world that have low or...