Wellbeing is not just a luxury to be enjoyed in times of peace or prosperity, but also a fundamental right during crisis. But, within a humanitarian system that prioritises the provision of what is deemed lifesaving assistance and the meeting of basic needs, interventions too often overlook large parts of what affected people really want, in order to live meaningful lives.

This new policy brief from HPG is the culmination of Beyond survival: wellbeing in protracted crisis, a two-year research project exploring the aspects of life people deem important to their wellbeing, how these change over time, and how they vary across intersections of power and identity.

Report by the Overseas Development Institute