08 July 2024

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Short pieces:

"As the UN’s ‘fixer-in-chief’ steps down, a look at Martin Griffiths’ record," The New Humanitarian, 3 July 2024 [text]

From Paper to Action: Key Lessons from Sharing Our Research Findings Back to the Consulted Communities (ALNAP Commentary, June 2024) [text]

How do people use cash assistance from UNHCR? Main outcomes from the 2023 Post-Distribution Monitoring (UNHCR, May 2024) [access]

ReliefWeb Response strives to keep improving humanitarian information-sharing (ReliefWeb Blog, June 2024) [text]

Reports:

Corruption in humanitarian assistance in conflict settings (U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, April 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Independent Review of the Humanitarian Response to Internal Displacement: Compendium Report (ODI, June 2024) [access]
- Follow link for report and summary. See also related literature review below.

Justice and accountability for attacks on aid workers: What are the barriers and how to overcome them? (Legal Action Worldwide, May 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Muslim Alms and Humanitarian Financing: An Analysis of the UNHCR’s Refugee Zakat Fund, Policy Brief, no. 12 (PRIO, 2024) [text]

Religious Humanitarianism during the World Wars, 1914–1945: Between Atheism and Messianism (Cambridge Elements, June 2024) [free full-text]
- Free access to this text is provided until 22 July 2024.

Resource pooling within the humanitarian ecosystem: Lessons learned from a case study of a cooperative-based initiative (HELP Logistics, July 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Review of the Humanitarian Response to Internal Displacement: Literature Review (ODI, June 2024) [text]

Periodical articles:

"'Forgotten crises' as forgotten sites of knowledge production for building lasting peace," Disasters, vol. 48, no. S1 (July 2024) [open access]

"How to care for carers: Psychosocial care for local staff of aid agencies," Disasters, Early View, 21 June 2024 [open access]

Humanitarian Exchange, no. 85 (June 2024) [full-text]
- Issue theme is "Women-led organisations in humanitarian response."

The Humanitarian Leader, vol. 6, no. 1 (Feb. 2024) [open access]
- Mix of articles.

"Integrar sin confinar: El espinoso desafío de ACNUR a la ayuda y arquitectura humanitaria," ZARCH Journal, no. 22 (2024) [open access]

VOICE Out Loud, no. 37 (2024) [full-text]
- Issue theme is "Anticipatory action: Shaping the future of humanitarian response."

Multimedia:

The stories humanitarians tell (and why they need to change) (Rethinking Humanitarianism Podcast Series, July 2024) [access]

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