Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Blog posts & press:

5 ways refugees helped battle COVID-19 in 2020 (UNHCR, Dec. 2020) [text]

"Aid policy trends to watch in 2021," The New Humanitarian, 4 Jan. 2021 [text]

It’s time to invest for the 21st century and repurpose humanitarian bureaucracies (ODI Blog, Dec. 2020) [text]

More humanitarian-related blog posts can be found in IHSA's weekly round-ups.

Reports:

2020 Hindsight? The Ecosystem of Humanitarian Diagnostics and Its Application to Anticipatory Action (Tufts Univ., Dec. 2020) [text]

Covid-19 Response: Lessons from UNHCR’s Evaluation Evidence, Evaluation Brief (UNHCR, April 2020) [text]

Data responsibility in cash and voucher assistance, Data Responsibility in Humanitarian Action Guidance Note, no. 6 (OCHA, Dec. 2020) [text]

Humanitarian Access SCORE Report: 2020 Global Synthesis - Survey on the Coverage, Operational Reach, and Effectiveness of Humanitarian Aid (Humanitarian Outcomes, Dec. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Responsible Approaches to Data Sharing, Data Responsibility in Humanitarian Action Guidance Note, no. 8 (OCHA, Dec. 2020) [text]

The State of Humanitarian Professions 2020 (Bioforce, Dec. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Synthesis of Evidence from Evaluations of UNHCR’s Cash-Based Interventions, Evaluation Brief (UNHCR, Nov. 2020) [text]

UNHCR’s engagement in the grand bargain: Summary of the progress made per workstream (UNHCR, Dec. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Multimedia:

Rethinking Humanitarianism podcast: Decolonising aid, 6 Jan. 2021 [access]

Rethinking Humanitarianism podcast: Multilateral reform, 23 Dec. 2020 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (9 Dec. 2020)