Humanitarian-development-peace nexus: Plan international aid workers perception of the Nguenyyiel refugee camp in Ethiopia

This research aims to highlight the way aid workers make sense of the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus, particularly in contexts of protracted refugee encampment. It constitutes an exploratory case study centered on Plan International and its program located in the Nguenyyiel refugee camp in Gambella, Ethiopia. As it looks at Plan International staff’s perception, this research is based on an interpretative paradigm and qualitative methodology, including nine semi-structured interviews. This paper reveals that Plan International aid workers do not have a clear common understanding of what the HDP Nexus means and entails, yet they all agree on the fact that complex needs cannot be addressed by one sector. In order to analyze aid workers’ perceptions of the challenges and opportunities regarding the triple nexus implementation by Plan International, especially in Gambella, this study looks at the macro, internal, and civil spaces of the organization.