Reports and resources
The International Rescue Committee uses our learning and experience to assist people affected by crisis and shape humanitarian policy and practice. Browse our research and resources.
Client responsive programming core resource manual
This manual contains the key tools and guidance needed for International Rescue Committee country teams to design and implement client-responsive programming.
They die of bombs, we die of need: impact of collapsing public health systems in Yemen
The right to critical life-saving health services of 9.8 million Yemenis caught in the intractable civil war has not received adequate policy and media attention leading to a dire humanitarian crisis especially for mothers and children.
She knows best: Engaging girls in adolescent programming
With the support of the David & Lucile Packard Foundation, the IRC piloted a new approach to increase access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care for adolescents in Goma, DRC. This report highlights the strategy developed to address foundational facility and community-level barriers that prevent adolescents from accessing and receiving quality SRH services.
The Long Road Home: achieving durable solutions to displacement in Iraq
This report traces the challenges that Iraqi families in Anbar displaced by the war against Islamic State (ISIS) face as they attempt to return home.
The Child Labor Project
In an effort to provide concrete harmonized guidance and tools to critical frontline staff who support working children and their families, the International Rescue Committee, with the support of UNICEF, developed a set of child labor materials to be piloted and used in 2017 by multiple Child Protection agencies in Lebanon and beyond.
Mitigating risks to research participants
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has created this guidance to help researchers mitigate risks to human subjects research participants across the project cycle, from inception to close-out.
Selecting research partners checklist
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has created this checklist to help research staff create partnerships with external research institutions.
Research roles and responsibilities
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has created this template to help researchers develop a research roles and responsibilities matrix.
Budget template for qualitative methods
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has created this modifiable budget template for researchers conducting qualitative research, with instructions.
Budget template for mixed methods
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has created this modifiable budget template for researchers conducting mixed methods research, with instructions.