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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Analysis

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Evaluating Mozambique’s Security, Humanitarian, and Funding Landscape
Commentary by Nicolas Jude Larnerd and Emilia Columbo — August 8, 2023

Mitigating Financial Access Challenges
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
Recent Events

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Global Conflicts to Watch in 2025: Escalating Humanitarian Needs

Implications of the Blinken/Austin Letter and Sinwar’s Passing—Gaza: The Human Toll

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Conflict and Displacement in Sudan: the Urgent Need to Reduce Barriers to Humanitarian Response

Gaza’s Water Crisis—What Can Be Done
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Finding a Path Through Quagmire: Humanitarian Access and Coordination in the Sahel
Event — August 23, 2022
Finding a Path through Quagmire
Brief by Will Brown — August 12, 2022
Panel 4: Humanitarian Innovation in Responses to Displacement
Transcript — July 26, 2022
Humanitarian Innovation in Action
Transcript — July 25, 2022
Panel 1: Transformation Through Humanitarian Innovation and Private Sector Engagement
Transcript — July 25, 2022
Panel 2: Elevating Women’s Leadership in Humanitarian Response
Transcript — July 25, 2022
Humanitarian Innovation in Action
Event — July 19, 2022
Humanitarian Innovation in Action: Keynote and Closing Remarks
Transcript — July 19, 2022
Report Launch: Localizing Humanitarian Action in Africa
Event — June 15, 2022
Concurrent Crises in the Horn of Africa
Report by Jacob Kurtzer, Sierra Ballard, and Hareem Fatima Abdullah — June 7, 2022