Opportunity:
CFP: Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives [info]
- Contributions sought for themed issue on "International aid under threat: What consequences? What responses? What reconfigurations?"; submit article proposals by 2 June 2025.
- *Note: I included the wrong link when I first published this post! It has now been corrected!
Short pieces:
Can anything positive come out of this crisis? (Alternatives Humanitaires, April 2025) [text]
Funding crunch increases risks of violence, danger and death for refugees (UNHCR, May 2025) [text]
The Future Delivery Problem Facing US Foreign Assistance (CGD Blog, April 2025) [text]
The humanitarian funding crisis: a looming health catastrophe for refugees and their host communities (UNHCR Blog, May 2025) [text]
The Impact of Shuttering the Millennium Challenge Corporation (CGD Blog, April 2025) [text]
- See also related post.
Life-saving, efficient and secure: humanitarian aid that gives refugees choices (UNHCR, May 2025) [text]
More than stability: Australia’s aid program needs hard decisions now (The Interpreter Blog, May 2025) [text]
Radical Simplification: A Practical Way to Get More Out of Limited Foreign Assistance Budgets (CGD Blog, April 2025) [text]
Redefining America’s Interests? Trump’s FY2026 Budget Proposes Sweeping Cuts to US Foreign Aid (CGD Blog, May 2025) [text]
Secretary of State Rubio’s Reorganization Plan Could Offer a Chance to Rescue U.S. Foreign Assistance — If He’s Smart About It (Just Security, April 2025) [text]
"UN food, refugee agencies plan deep cuts as funding slashed, memos show," Reuters, 25 April 2025 [text]
- An additional article discusses possible UN plans for merging entities and other structural changes. See also related opinion piece in The New Humanitarian on UN reform.
"What 100 Days of Foreign-Aid Cuts Looks Like to Those Still in the Field," Time Magazine, 30 April 2025 [text]
Reports & journal articles:
"Decolonising international development evaluation: rethinking OECD DAC evaluation criteria from a decolonial perspective," Development in Practice, Latest Articles, 17 April 2025 [open access]
"Holding Out for Better Weather: Foreign Aid and the Principle of Humanity in Armed Conflicts and Natural Disasters," American Univ. International Law Review, vol. 40, no. 3 (2025) [full-text]
"Into the discomfort zone of decolonising aid: how humanitarian actors can effect change," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 10:9 (May 2025) [open access]
A new era for aid: Prioritising people and protecting progress (International Rescue Committee, May 2025) [text]
Preliminary Official Development Assistance Levels in 2024: Detailed Summary Note (OECD, April 2025) [text]
- The press release includes a link to interactive charts with more data. See also related McKinsey analysis.
Sustainable Programming (UNHCR, Feb. 2025) [text]
US Funding Freeze Global Survey (OCHA, 2025) [access]
- Round 1 reports were published in Feb. and Round 2 reports in April.
*"USAID and the Trump Foreign Aid Doctrine," SAIS Review of International Affairs, 29 April 2025 [full-text]
What Is Happening to U.S. Humanitarian Assistance? Will the United States Continue to Save Lives? (CSIS, April 2025) [text]
Multimedia:
No one wants to depend on aid, including refugees (Power Shift Podcast, May 2025) [access]
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