Humanitarian Assistance
CSIS’s Humanitarian Agenda analyzes the successes and challenges of humanitarian crisis response across topical and regional focus areas within the center. This research is part of a unique partnership between CSIS and the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA).

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Rethinking Humanitarian Assistance: Climate and Crisis in the Horn of Africa
Humanitarian actors face unprecedented scale and frequency of climate shocks, making existing challenges harder to address. A new CSIS report analyzes the current crisis in the Horn of Africa and presents ideas on rethinking humanitarian assistance to chronic crises.
Report by Beza Tesfaye , Erol Yayboke , Anastasia Strouboulis , and Abigail Edwards — January 9, 2023

The Humanitarian Influence of Yemen's Truce
Commentary by Sierra Ballard and Jacob Kurtzer — December 19, 2022

Beyond Black Sea Grains: The Global Malnutrition Crisis Caused by Russia’s War in Ukraine
Critical Questions by Caitlin Welsh and Anita Kirschenbaum — December 16, 2022

Adapting Aid and Intervention in Yemen
Transcript by Jacob Kurtzer , Fatima Abo Alasrar , and David Gressly — December 12, 2022
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Climate Change and Malnutrition: Many Channels for Impact, Many Opportunities to Act

Adapting Aid and Intervention in Yemen

Agriculture in Wartime: Threats and Opportunities for Ukraine with Farmer Kees Huizinga, Agricultural Economist Antonina Broyaka, and USAID DAA Mark Simakovsky

Report Launch: Mitigating Financial Access Challenges; Proposals from the CSIS Multi-Stakeholder Working Group on Financial Access

2022 Washington Humanitarian Forum: Closing the Gap

Rural Livelihood Resilience: Keynote Address and Armchair Discussion with IFAD President Alvaro Lario

Covid-19 and Digital Payments: How the Pandemic Changed G2P Payments Globally

Overcoming Barriers to Humanitarian Access in Northern Ethiopia
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Uncovering the Uyghur Genocide
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — February 1, 2023

How Loans Improve Lives with Kathy Guis
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — January 12, 2023

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

How Service Can Save Us
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — January 4, 2023

The Humanitarian Influence of Yemen's Truce
Commentary by Sierra Ballard and Jacob Kurtzer — December 19, 2022

Beyond Black Sea Grains: The Global Malnutrition Crisis Caused by Russia’s War in Ukraine
Critical Questions by Caitlin Welsh and Anita Kirschenbaum — December 16, 2022

Looking Ahead: The NATO Alliance
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — December 14, 2022

Adapting Aid and Intervention in Yemen
Transcript by Jacob Kurtzer , Fatima Abo Alasrar , and David Gressly — December 12, 2022

What to Watch For In The Upcoming U.S.-Africa Leaders' Summit
Podcast Episode by Mvemba Phezo Dizolele — December 8, 2022

Climate Change and Malnutrition: Many Channels for Impact, Many Opportunities to Act
Event by Caitlin Welsh , William Moore , Gillian Caldwell , Jessica Colston , and Rania Dagash-Kamara — December 7, 2022
