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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Ukrainian Refugees and Food Insecurity
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz , Caitlin Welsh , and Jacob Kurtzer — March 16, 2022

Launch of the Feb. 2022 Issue of the International Review of the Red Cross: “Counterterrorism, Sanctions and War”
Event by Jacob Kurtzer , Sue Eckert , Emanuela-Chiara Gillard , Justine Walker , and Bruno Demeyere — March 3, 2022

Ukraine’s Regional Displacement Crisis
Commentary by Erol Yayboke — February 25, 2022

The Humanitarian Toll of Russia’s Invasion
Commentary by Jacob Kurtzer — February 25, 2022

What’s next for the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan?
Event by Annie Pforzheimer , Nilofar Sakhi , James B. Cunningham , and Mark Bowden — February 24, 2022

The Long March to Peace: Key Obstacles to Overcome in Ethiopia
Commentary by David Del Conte — February 10, 2022

Assessing Economic Crisis Response Options for Afghanistan
Commentary by Jacob Kurtzer and Alex Zerden — February 9, 2022

The Civilian Impacts of a Possible Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Critical Questions by Jacob Kurtzer , Catherine Nzuki , Erol Yayboke , and Andrew Lohsen — February 2, 2022

The Global Humanitarian Overview 2022: Climate, Gender, and Humanitarian Response
Critical Questions by Jacob Kurtzer , Hareem Fatima Abdullah , and Nicolas Jude Larnerd — January 27, 2022

Towards Durable Solutions: Addressing Humanitarian Challenges in Bangladesh and Myanmar
Event by Elizabeth Hoffman , Daniel P. Sullivan , Naw K’nyaw Paw , and Representative Steve Chabot (R-OH) — January 12, 2022
