The effectiveness and efficiency of interventions supporting shelter self-recovery following humanitarian crises

This report investigates both the process of implementing humanitarian interventions supporting shelter self-recovery and the effects of the interventions.

It focuses on both households that had not been displaced and those returning from displacement or resettling in new locations to repair, build or rebuild their shelters with material, financial and/or technical assistance in the immediate aftermath of, and/or recovery period following, humanitarian emergencies: 

• predominantly in rural areas
• in natural disaster and complex emergency settings.

The research team developed and tested a theory of change model for humanitarian interventions supporting shelter self-recovery and: 

• mapped and documented existing research
• identified gaps in existing research and knowledge
• synthesized the evidence in response to two key research questions .