Humanitarian Agenda
Exploring and highlighting the changing landscape of humanitarian assistance in the 21st century
With an unprecedented number of humanitarian crises around the world, the Humanitarian Agenda is committed to inform policy solutions to novel humanitarian challenges through expert dialogue and analysis and to developing and advancing avenues for improving humanitarian response and increasing humanitarian access.
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Mitigating Financial Access Challenges
Nonprofits experience significant difficulties transferring funds for humanitarian and peacebuilding activities in areas with the presence of sanctioned actors. Ensuring financial access requires close cooperation between the nonprofit, governmental, and financial sectors.
Report by Jacob Kurtzer , Sue Eckert , and Sierra Ballard — October 25, 2022

Rethinking Humanitarian Assistance: Climate and Crisis in the Horn of Africa
Report by Beza Tesfaye , Erol Yayboke , Anastasia Strouboulis , and Abigail Edwards — January 9, 2023

Finding a Path through Quagmire
Brief by Will Brown — August 12, 2022

Concurrent Crises in the Horn of Africa
Report by Jacob Kurtzer , Sierra Ballard , and Hareem Fatima Abdullah — June 7, 2022
Recent Events

Adapting Aid and Intervention in Yemen

2022 Washington Humanitarian Forum: Closing the Gap

Overcoming Barriers to Humanitarian Access in Northern Ethiopia

Finding a Path Through Quagmire: Humanitarian Access and Coordination in the Sahel
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Overcoming Barriers to Humanitarian Access in Northern Ethiopia
Event by Jacob Kurtzer and Mvemba Phezo Dizolele — September 29, 2022


Importance of Managing and Securing Water Access for the Northern Triangle
Commentary by Conor M. Savoy and Elena I. Méndez Leal — September 27, 2022

Beyond Leadership: Radhya al-Mutawakel
Podcast Episode by Jacob Kurtzer — September 21, 2022


Pakistan’s Deadly Floods Pose Urgent Questions on Preparedness and Response
Critical Questions by Jacob Kurtzer and Hareem Fatima Abdullah — September 13, 2022

Enhancing Humanitarian Aid and Security in Northern Mozambique
Commentary by Sierra Ballard and Emilia Columbo — September 8, 2022
