Humanitarian Assistance

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REPORTS
Focusing on Fragility: The Future of US Assistance to Fragile States
Sarah Rose
October 22, 2019
Global development is increasingly intertwined with state fragility. It's time for donors to rethink how their engagement can better help countries address the underlying causes of fragility.
Blog Post
Power, Money, and Influence: Broadening the Dialogue on Humanitarian Action at UNGA
Rose Worden
October 07, 2019
At the 74th UN General Assembly meetings, Jeremy Konyndyk and I held a high-level side event at the Rockefeller Foundation headquarters focused on a vital but inadequately addressed aspect of the humanitarian system and humanitarian reform in particular: who has power, who lacks power, and how to ch...
Blog Post
UNGA 2019: A Development Dispatch from New York
Sean Bartlett
September 24, 2019
On the sidelines of the 74th annual proceedings of the UN General Assembly, one recurring idea caught my attention: interconnectedness.
POLICY PAPERS
People-Driven Response: Power and Participation in Humanitarian Action
Jeremy Konyndyk
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Rose Worden
September 18, 2019
To produce real systemic change, the aid system must move beyond technical and rhetorical approaches to accountability and begin reshaping the power and incentive structures that influence aid decision-making. 
Blog Post
#WomenHumanitarians: Research and Recommendations Behind the Hashtag
Megan O'Donnell
August 19, 2019
The theme of this year’s World Humanitarian Day casts a spotlight on women on the frontlines of humanitarian crisis.
Blog Post
Why the EU and the US Should Act Now to Decriminalize Humanitarian Aid to Refugees and Migrants
Patrick Saez
August 19, 2019
Criminalizing humanitarian aid to refugees and migrants has not only failed, it is also causing unnecessary deaths and suffering. The recent agreement last month by 14 EU member states to a new “solidarity mechanism” to allocate migrants and refugees rescued at sea is a welcome developme...
CGD NOTES
Five Takeaways on the Future of Humanitarian Reform
Jeremy Konyndyk
August 07, 2019
The world’s humanitarian aid architecture is growing outdated. Relief programs are most effective when they are integrated, locally owned, and demand driven. But humanitarian action in the 21st century remains constrained by a 20th-century aid model.