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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This year’s Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) data release shows some interesting new aid information. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has for the first…
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The 2011 Humanitarian Appeal, which was launched on 30 November in Geneva, is a record appeal. Not only has the Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP) for 2011 requested an unprecedented US$7.4 billion in humanitarian assistance, but it is also aimed at 50 million beneficiaries, the highest number ever targeted by the CAP.
Read MoreIt has been more than three months since the devastating monsoon floods swept through the provinces of Khyber Paktunkhwa, Punjab and through on to Sindh and parts of Balochistan. Although…
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Niger is facing a severe food crisis following a drought and crop failure in late 2009, compounded by flooding in August. According to the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP), almost…
Read More![Figure 9: The United Kingdom’s total use of the multilateral system for humanitarian purposes, 2008 [Source: Development Initiatives based on (i) Creditor Reporting System (CRS) and (ii) OECD DAC aggregate tables]](http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/core-oda-dfid-2008ix-144x83.png "core-oda-dfid-2008ix")
In 2008, the United Kingdom’s total official development assistance (ODA) reached just under US$11 billion, excluding debt relief. The larger (62.3%) share (US$6.8 billion) was provided in the form of non-core…
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During September 2010 Guinea-Conakry is expected to conclude its first democratic elections since the military coup of December 2008. The coup prompted the suspension of all bilateral aid with the…
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What is the impact of the massive global demand for humanitarian assistance in 2010 on less high profile disasters and how robust is the humanitarian financing system to meet these needs?
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As of 17 August 2010, the European Commission and 29 government donors have committed US$209 million of the US$250 million raised so far in response to the Pakistan floods (as…
Read MorePakistan is in the grips of a major natural disaster with severe flooding affecting at least 14 million people. This Aid Factsheet gives you details of Pakistan as a humanitarian…
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