Afghanistan: Field perspectives on the Grand Bargain

This research is part of a project to understand how people affected by crisis and humanitarian field staff perceive the impact of the Grand Bargain commitments. It is based on answers to two standardised surveys, the first conducted face-to-face in December 2018 with 98 documented refugee returnees, 65 undocumented refugee returnees, 128 Pakistani refugees and 309 internally displaced persons (IDPs). The second with 228 humanitarian staff members from local, international and UN organisations, through an online survey tool. The research is a joint effort by Ground Truth Solutions (GTS) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretariat with financial support from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID). Afghanistan is one of the seven countries covered by this research. The others are Bangladesh, Haiti, Iraq, Lebanon, Somalia and Uganda. This summary covers the key findings from the affected people and humanitarian staff surveys. Detailed answers to all questions are included in subsequent sections, as well as comparisons with the results from the 2017 surveys.