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

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Sustaining Access: Humanitarian Principles, Practice, and Policy for Today’s Challenges

The Humanitarian Dilemma in Afghanistan

Adapting Aid and Intervention in Yemen

2022 Washington Humanitarian Forum: Closing the Gap
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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 , Nicolas Jude Larnerd , and Hareem Fatima Abdullah — January 27, 2022
Towards Durable Solutions: Addressing Humanitarian Challenges in Bangladesh and Myanmar
Event by Elizabeth Hoffman , Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH) , Daniel P. Sullivan , and Naw K’nyaw Paw — January 12, 2022
Deconstructing Disarmament and Reconciliation Programs in Northeast Nigeria
Commentary by Jacob Kurtzer and Obi Anyadike — January 10, 2022
A Humanitarian Emergency: The Collapse of Afghanistan's Banking System
Event by Annie Pforzheimer , Jason Chung , Kathryn Striffolino , Mohammad Salem Omaid , and Gul Maqsood Sabit — December 17, 2021
Aspirations to Action: Making the Refugee Compact Work for the Rohingya
Commentary by Jacob Kurtzer , Sana Vaidya , and Imrul Islam — December 16, 2021
Experts React: The 2021 Summit for Democracy
Commentary — December 16, 2021
Lebanon’s Growing Humanitarian Crisis
Brief by Will Todman and Caleb Harper — December 16, 2021