The Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2019
This year’s report contains detailed analysis of the international financing at work in crisis-affected contexts. Navigating the increasingly complex and changing financing landscape, the report includes new analysis of the wide range of resources going to recurrent and protracted crisis response countries.
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A summary of key takeaways from the latest data available in 2019 on international humanitarian assistance.
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People, crisis and assistance
Chapter 1 focuses on the people in need of assistance – presenting a detailed analysis of the populations affected by crisis.
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International humanitarian assistance
Chapter 2 presents a detailed analysis of official humanitarian assistance – showing overall volumes and how funding compares with requirements set out in appeals, as well examining the specific contributions…
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Wider crisis financing
Chapter 3 examines a wide range of resources – domestic and international, public and private – that have the potential to complement humanitarian assistance in crisis-affected contexts.
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Effectiveness, efficiency and quality
Chapter 4 looks at the targeting of finance to crisis-affected contexts – examining how more diverse, flexible and predictable funding, along with better and more transparent reporting, could ensure that…
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Methodology and definitions
What is humanitarian assistance?Humanitarian assistance is intended to save lives, alleviate suffering and maintain human dignity during and after man-made crises and disasters associated with natural hazards, as well as…
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- Datasets International humanitarian assistance provided by government donors, 2000–2018 International humanitarian assistance by recipient countries, 2000-2017
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