Constraints and Complexities of Information Analysis in Humanitarian Emergencies: Evidence from South Sudan

The current crisis in South Sudan is one of the world’s most challenging humanitarian operations. This makes for a difficult environment for gathering and analyzing data: The country is large, population is widely dispersed, and limits on transportation and telecommunications are severe. Despite these challenges the IPC system has shown innovation and ingenuity to address these challenges of information analysis in South Sudan and has managed to produce regular analysis across the country through the peak of the crisis. This learning has not always been easy, and many challenges remain.