Affordability, availability, literacy, gender, age, status, cultural preference, political environment and the media/IT/telecoms infrastructure are just some of the dynamics at play in the uptake, choice and use of new…
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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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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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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…
Read MoreThe 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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Non-DAC donor analysis of humanitarian aid relies on data from the Financial Tracking Service (FTS) – currently the most comprehensive and comparable data available on this group of donors. Donors…
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Looking at the graph on humanitarian aid expenditure captured by the DAC and FTS suggests that they have captured similar volumes of DAC donor contributions in 2008 and 2009 –…
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Counting humanitarian aid is complicated because of the number of different people involved in donorship and delivery, all of whom define, channel, account for and report their contributions in different ways. There is no central repository of information.
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In DAC reporting, humanitarian aid is a sector of ODA that aims specifically to “save lives, alleviate suffering and maintain and protect human dignity during and in the aftermath of emergencies.” It includes: disaster prevention and preparedness, reconstruction relief, relief coordination, protection and support services, emergency food aid and other emergency/distress relief. This strict definition of humanitarian aid, which is governed by the principles of neutrality and impartiality, marks it out from development aid, which can be subject to some conditionality.
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