Shaking up the humanitarian architecture
Something has gone woefully wrong with the way humanitarian aid system has come to operate. Humanitarian needs have multiplied several-fold in the past two decades and humanitarian aid has at least doubled in the past five years. At over $24 billion a year, though far below what is actually needed to meet all need, it is not delivering results and outcomes for those in need, on the one hand, and those paying for it, on the other. A cartoon one of my friends sent me recently succinctly captures the situation.
Funny, but a poignant reminder of the reality. Delivery by driblets. Read more
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