Complex Crises Fund

Description

The Complex Crises Fund (CCF) provides quick, flexible targeted assistance that prevents and responds to emerging or unforeseen crises in fragile countries at a heightened risk of conflict and instability.

Use of Funds

The CCF funds support “activities to prevent and mitigate violence at the community and family household level; manage the impacts of unanticipated migration as economic hardship increases; combat misinformation, address mistrust of government, and bolster social cohesion in fragmented communities.”

Justification

• As of 2020, the OECD considers 13 countries “extremely fragile” and lists 44 additional contexts as “fragile.” Each of these contexts is susceptible to unforeseen shocks or crises.
• “The OECD estimates that 23% of the world’s population, and 77% of those classified before COVID-19 as extremely poor, live in “fragile” contexts.”
• The CCF can release funds quickly to mitigate crises where and when the need is greatest, reducing the risk of escalation or the need for costly military responses.
• Since its inception, the CCF has been used in more than 30 countries.