Research Funding: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Faculty Researcher: Prof Dr Mashfiqus Salehin, Prof Dr Mohammad Rezaur Rahman, Prof Dr Anisul Haque, Prof Dr MD. Munsur Rahman, Dr Sonia Binte Murshed, Dr Shampa

Collaboration: Lead: Tufts University, USA, Affiliate: Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET

Duration: September, 2021 - September, 2023

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The Academic Alliance on Anticipatory Action (4As) is working to build the evidence base on Anticipatory Action through a combination of impact evaluations of real-time anticipatory action and research to improve the development of anticipatory action programs and identify the most effective ways to help the most vulnerable people before a crisis pushes them further into life- threatening situations. 4As is a consortium of universities from around the world supported by the United States Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA). This unique group of researchers relies on leadership from the global south in designing and evaluating anticipatory action in collaboration with humanitarian agencies. The goal is to help communities in more than 60 countries over two years and undertake research to support and strengthen the design, data collection, analysis, and reporting of evaluation results of anticipatory action efforts.