Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Event:

Workshop: Advancing Research on Protection in the Context of Humanitarian Action, Berlin, 7-8 November 2018 [info]

Publications:

As Trump Runs Low on Targets, Aid Sector Asks: Are We Next? (IRIN, Sept. 2018) [text]

From the Ground up: Inside the Push to Reshape Local Aid (IRIN, Oct. 2018) [text]

A Guide for Parliamentarians to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (IFRC, Oct. 2018) [text]

Highlighted Underfunded Situations 2018 (UNHCR, Sept. 2018) [text]
- See also related news briefing, which notes the following: "Six refugee and displacement situations globally are particularly badly hit. These include Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Syria and Somalia situations."

How Change Happens in the Humanitarian Sector: Humanitarian Accountability Report 2018  (CHS Alliance, Oct. 2018) [text]
- See also related news release.

"Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and the Practices of Humanity," International Theory, vol. 10, no. 3 (Nov. 2018) [free full-text]

Humanitarian Congress Berlin: Theory and Practice of Humanitarian Action, Berlin 4-5 Oct. 2018 [info]
- Follow link for video.

New Trends in Humanitarian Assistance: The Private Turn in Humanitarian Aid, RSIS Commentary, n. 163 (Nayang Technological Univ., Oct. 2018) [text]

Overview of Cash Transfers and Vouchers in 2018 Humanitarian Response Plans (Swedish International Development Agency, Sept. 2018) [text via ALNAP]

Refugee Energy, RSC Research in Brief, no. 8 (Refugee Studies Centre, Sept. 2018) [text]

"Trump Stealthily Seeks to Choke off Funding to U.N. Programs," Foreign Policy, 2 Oct. 2018 [text]

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- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (20 Sept. 2018)

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