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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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Navigating Humanitarian Access During Covid-19: Towards Localization
Event by Jacob Kurtzer , Kimberly Flowers , Dr. Rebecca Brubaker , Eranda Wijewickrama , and Smruti Patel — April 14, 2021

Mitigating the Impact of Sanctions on Humanitarian Action
Event by Jacob Kurtzer , J. Stephen Morrison , and Representative Andy Levin — April 7, 2021

Country Insights Series: Localization
Critical Questions — April 7, 2021

Improving Civilian Protection in Conflict
Event by Jacob Kurtzer , Sarah Holewinski , and Larry Lewis — April 1, 2021

Reflections on Syria's Decade of Conflict
Event by Jacob Kurtzer , Jon B. Alterman , Alex Mahoney , Basma Alloush , Amany Qaddour , and Mais Balkhi — March 15, 2021

The Brewing Storm in Jordan’s Oasis of Calm
Commentary by Erol Yayboke and Shannon McKeown — March 11, 2021

Consult the Community: Picking the Next UN Humanitarian Chief
Commentary by Jacob Kurtzer — March 9, 2021

The Future Is Now: Investing in the Recovery and Resilience of Syrian Women and Their Communities
Commentary by Ihlas Altinci and Dhabie Brown — March 8, 2021

Durable Solutions for Syria’s Displaced: U.S. Support for a Better Future
Commentary by Bernice Romero and Jiwan Said — March 8, 2021

What Lies Ahead: The Next Chapter of Syria Humanitarian Policy
Commentary by Hazem Rihawi — March 8, 2021
