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Humanitarian Appeal 2012: focus on the Horn of Africa

Unlike the 2011 Humanitarian Appeal, which represented a record both in terms of the total funding sought and the number of beneficiaries targeted with humanitarian assistance, the United Nations (UN) Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP) for 2012 does not offer many exciting headlines. However, it does present another net increase in the overall funding sought by…

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West and Central Africa regional cholera crisis

Three simultaneous cholera outbreaks are currently affecting 24 countries in West and Central Africa, causing 85,000 infections and 2,466 deaths since the beginning of the year, according to the UN…

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Delivery Scale of Needs Uploaded: 14/11/2011 Author: Velina Stoianova
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Korea – 대한민국

Overview The Republic of Korea has shown impressive economic progress over the last 50 years with gross national income (GNI) rising from US$2.98 billion in 1962 to US$966.6 billion in…

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Governments Uploaded: 11/11/2011 Author: Kerry Smith
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Libya crisis #3

In the last 10 days, a further US$45 million has been committed by donors in response to humanitarian needs arising from the crisis in Libya – US$4.5 million of which…

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Data & Guides Governments Uploaded: 23/09/2011 Author: Lisa Walmsley

Libya crisis #2

The information below is based on data published by UN OCHA Financial Tracking Service (FTS) on 12 September – a database that is updated daily. Both the GHA team and…

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Data & Guides Governments Uploaded: 12/09/2011 Author: Lisa Walmsley
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Libya crisis #1

See comment below for quick update, 9 September 2011. The information below is based on data published by UN OCHA Financial Tracking Service (FTS) on 31 August – a database…

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Data & Guides Governments Uploaded: 01/09/2011 Author: Lisa Walmsley
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Afghanistan, Iraq and the Aid Legacy of Osama Bin Laden

On the 1 May 2011, Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was killed by United States (US) Special Forces on a raid in Abbotabad, Pakistan. So came to an…

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Global Trends Uploaded: 30/08/2011 Author: Jan Kellett
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The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement: the full financial picture

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, made up of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the International Committee of the Red Cross…

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Political and Humanitarian Crisis in Côte d’Ivoire, 2010-2011

Côte d’Ivoire has a history of aid volatility linked to its rumbling political crisis, and aid declined significantly after a failed coup in 2001 degenerated into rebel uprisings in the…

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Global Trends Scale of Needs Uploaded: 21/01/2011 Author: Lydia Poole

Humanitarian aid in 2009: headlines from the latest DAC data release

The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) published its latest data last week, allowing us to complete our figures for humanitarian aid in 2009. Based on our calculations, overall total humanitarian…

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Data & Guides Governments Uploaded: 23/12/2010 Author: Lisa Walmsley
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