In addition to answering some of the big questions about humanitarian assistance – how much is there? where is it being spent? who is spending it? what is it being spent on? – Global Humanitarian Assistance reports attempt to provide a round-up of latest developments in humanitarian assistance financing.

The reports draw on various data, including the latest available official data from the OECD DAC and UN OCHA FTS.

Development Initiatives has been producing Global Humanitarian Assistance reports as part of the GHA programme since 2000.

Published in March 2008, Global Humanitarian Assistance 2007/2008 reports on official humanitarian assistance flows for 2006. It also draws on some realtime data in order to provide as up to date a picture of humanitarian assistance flows as possible.

Chapter 1 attempts to quantify and analyse long-term trends in humanitarian assistance. How much official humanitarian assistance is there? How does it compare with aid expenditure as a whole? How generous are donors in terms of expenditure per citizen or as a share of gross national income (GNI)? What about other sources of humanitarian assistance? How does the bilateral allocation of humanitarian assistance reflect the humanitarian priorities defined in the UN consolidated appeal process (CAP)? Is it reaching everyone in need?

Chapter 2 looks at the latest developments in humanitarian assistance financing and policy. What are the implications of the 2007 introduction of new rules for reporting and analysing official humanitarian assistance and aid? Are the funding mechanisms such as common (pooled) humanitarian funds (CHF) and Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) achieving their objectives to strengthen humanitarian response? What steps are being taken to improve predictability, response capacity and coordination?

For more information, visit the GHA 2007/2008 page.

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Global Humanitarian Assistance 2006 was published in November 2006 and reported on humanitarian assistance flows during 2005.

It included donor-by-donor profiles for the major contributors to humanitarian assistance for the first time. Follow this link to the GHA 2006 page ...

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The Global Humanitarian Assistance 2004/05 Update was issued in June 2005. View report in full (1MB) ...

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GHA 2003 was the first report of its kind to bring together data to provide an estimate of overall humanitarian assistance.

To download the report, or to find out more, visit the GHA 2003 page ...

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GHA 2000 was issued in May 2000.

To download the report, or to find out more, follow visit the GHA 2000 page ...

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