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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
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2022 Washington Humanitarian Forum: Closing the Gap
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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
Addressing the Needs of Central American Asylum Seekers and Vulnerable Migrants
Event by Jacob Kurtzer , Daniel F. Runde , Erol Yayboke , Kelly Clements , Ralph Merriam , and Nancy Izzo Jackson — March 3, 2021
Protection in Northern Syria
Commentary by Global Communities Protection Staff in Syria and Emily Galloway — March 2, 2021
Civilians in the Crosshairs: The Cost of a Decade of Impunity in Syria
Commentary by Rehana Zawar Ali and Mazen Kewara — March 2, 2021
Operational Impediments Standing in the Way of Principled Humanitarian Response in Syria
Commentary by Mais Balkhi — February 23, 2021
Access to All Syrians Must Be at the Heart of All Syria Policy
Commentary by Basma Alloush and Oula Mashfj — February 23, 2021