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Data
We are mapping the relationships between the different humanitarian data providers, data users and databases.
We aim to explain the main sources of humanitarian data and the methodologies that we use to analyse humanitarian expenditure by governments as well as from voluntary sources through NGOs, UN agencies and foundations. Meantime, some information on data sources can be found on our Further sources/data pages.
Strength in numbers
There is no single comprehensive source of information on the international resources mobilised in response to humanitarian crises, no single reporting mechanism - and, beyond a broad consensus that humanitarian assistance means 'the resources mobilised in the immediate aftermath of a crisis', no single definition of what humanitarian assistance actually is.
Countries receiving long-term humanitarian assistance
Area (stack) graphHumanitarian costs of climate change set to rise
December 2008 - research undertaken for the Humanitarian Costs of Climate Change report, published by Feinstein International Centre, indicates that climate change will have a significant impact on humanitarian costs and that the increase could range from 32%, taking into account only changes in frequency of disasters, to upwards of a 1600% increase when other criteria, such as intensity, are also taken into account.