The authors would like to thank Emma Beelen, Kira Fisher, Lisa Jörke and colleagues at ActionAgainst Hunger for their insights and inputs and their logistical support for the research. We’dspecifically like to thank staff at Action Against Hunger Offices in Mali, Somalia and South Sudanfor their insights and inputs during research design and review, as well as their support andfacilitation of the primary data collection. We’d like to thank Alpha Youssouf Wangara for hissupport in coordinating and carrying out primary data collection in Mali. At ODI, we are grateful toSimon Levine for his vital inputs during peer review. We are also grateful to Jennypher Calderon for project management support. Editing and typesetting by vtype.co.uk