With the adoption of the sustainable development goals, a narrative emerged around the need to move from billions to trillions of dollars of financing and that private capital would be key to getting there.
"Concrete data on refugees and host communities is key, and might be difficult to quickly generate, according to Kate Phillips-Barrasso, director of humanitarian policy at InterAction."
Former InterAction President Lindsay Coates comments on the closing of Report the Abuse, the pioneering NGO that lifted the lid on the alarming number of cases of sexual abuse and harassment against female aid workers.
Mark Lowcock, the new United Nations humanitarian chief, will have his work cut out for him when he soon takes the reigns of a shrinking U.N. Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs
"It is either time to bolster drought indicators and better define action tied to early warning systems, or rethink aid frameworks altogether."
These shutdowns reduce the quality and effectiveness of aid programs because it results in “the kind of uncertainty, volatility that is detrimental to good planning,” said Noam Unger, InterAction vice president of development policy, advocacy, and learning.
The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging civil society organizations across the world, including the transnational nongovernmental organization (TNGO) sector. This…
Humanitarian assistance has slowly become more data-focused. This is a positive move for the humanitarian community, as high-quality data can…
