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Humanitarian financing

Influencing laws and guidelines on humanitarian assistance

Helpdesk Report
  • Siân Herbert
July 2015

International humanitarian law (IHL) and international disaster response laws, rules and principles (IDRL) set out rules and guidance on how to access affected populations, and how to deliver humanitarian assistance, during armed conflicts and disasters. This includes guidance on customs clearance and the taxation of relief, among other areas. IDRL is a fragmented collection of ...» more

Funding appeals for complex humanitarian emergencies

Helpdesk Report
  • Evie Browne
May 2014

Key findings: It is possible to derive some key factors from the available literature: Needs-based allocation: This is a core principle of humanitarian assistance. All funders use needs assessments in their original funding allocations, and many changes to funding are preceded by needs assessments. Tipping points: Most protracted crises receive a steady and/or low level of ...» more

Multi-Year Funding to Humanitarian Organisations in Protracted Crises

Helpdesk Report
  • Oliver Walton
September 2011

There has been growing consensus amongst donors that multi-year funding is a critical tool for improving the allocation and effectiveness of humanitarian aid to protracted crises. A number of donors have developed mechanisms to allocate funding in these contexts on a multi-year basis, channelling funding directly to NGOs, the UN and other multilateral agencies, and to ...» more

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