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Private funding in humanitarian aid: is this trend here to stay?
Major humanitarian crises in the past decade have prompted unprecedented amounts of private donations: the tsunami that caused widespread devastation across the Indian Ocean in December 2004 saw US$3.9 billion raised in private aid; the…
Disaster risk reduction: Are we still failing to invest?
The Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) programme launches a new report today, Disaster risk reduction: Spending where it should count. The impending food security and nutrition crisis in the Sahel, with an estimated 13 million people…
The global ageing mega-trend: let's all move towards ensuring longevity dividends
Global ageing is a great achievement of our times. Rates of ageing in developing countries are increasing three times faster than in Western Europe. But in disaster settings the very organisations set up to deliver…
Somalia conference needs to clear the way for effective relief efforts
The London conference on Somalia should be seen as the latest episode in the international community's efforts to stabilise Somalia since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991. It comes at a time…
How do you solve a problem like Somalia?
Forty heads of state convene in London this week for a conference on Africa’s biggest headache: Somalia. For Britain and the other countries represented at the conference, Somalia is a security problem, a ‘failed state’,…
Accountability during the “war on livelihoods” in the West Bank
Shining the spotlight on humanitarian accountability again is healthy given this month’s New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States with its focus on transparency and ownership of aid, and Busan’s effective development cooperation agenda. The…
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