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Sunrise on the main street in Kouango, Central African Republic.The world’s ten poorest countries Photo: Kieran McConville / Concern Worldwide.News9 September 2019Olivia Giovetti Countries hit hardest by poverty are often countries that are also caught in other crises, including conflict, hunger, and climate change. Here, we look at the ten fiscally-poorest countries in the world, […]
Since its founding in 1945, the United Nations has worked. Global Examples of Humanitarian Aid from the UN “to achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian character.” Helping to rebuild the devastated continent of Europe after World War II. was the first such problem the UN took on. […]
The volume of humanitarian assistance has increased significantly since the end of the Cold War,Humanitarian principles and humanitarian assistance alongside the number of actors providing such assistance. Humanitarian actors are expected to base their assistance on certain fundamental humanitarian principles. They can also seek guidance for their work in various sources of international humanitarian law. […]
JOURNAL ARTICLE The Relevance and Effectiveness of Humanitarian Aid: Reflections about the Relationship between Providers and Recipients Journal Information The Relevance and Effectiveness of Humanitarian Aid, Most issues of Social Research address a single theme, The Relevance and Effectiveness of Humanitarian Aid, which is addressed by scholars, writers, and experts from a wide range of […]