The authors of this report are Niklas Rieger, Mike Pearson, Suzanna Nelson-Pollard, and Elise Belcher. We are grateful to all those who have contributed to Falling short? Humanitarian funding and reform . At Development Initiatives: Sarah Unsworth, project manager; Niklas Rieger and Mike Pearson, data analysis leads; Elise Belcher, Una McCarter and Matthew O’Brien, research and analysis on sections in the report; Daniel Walton, for freelance research and analysis on sections in the report; Daniel Coppard, Fionna Smyth, Tim Molyneux, Simon Murphy and George Carver, editorial guidance; George Carver and Simon Murphy, production management; Tim Molyneux, communications lead; Suzanna Nelson-Pollard, engagement lead, with support from Verity Outram. Copy-editing: Better Words.
We would like to thank Kristiana Marton at Save the Children International and Mahnoor Jamal from OCHA (CBPF Section) for their expert information and advice.
We are grateful to those who contributed insight pieces: Chapter 2, Elise Baudot Queguiner at International Council for Voluntary Agencies; Chapter 3, Ruth McCormack and Crys Chamaa at CALP Network; Chapter 4, Lydia Poole at Centre for Disaster Protection.
We would like to extend our gratitude to the following people for assisting us with the data collection for our research: Desideria Cosi, WFP; Martina Favaretto, IFRC; Marisol Gajardo, MSF; Ben Garbutt, Save the Children International; Mathilde Garcia-Lopez, Norwegian Refugee Council; George Graham, Humanity and Inclusion UK; Jonas Hakansson, ICRC; Georine Homawoo-Sokpe, ActionAid International; Hajrija Horta, International Medical Corps; Haroon Kash, Islamic relief Worldwide; Ruth McCormack, CALP Network; Douglas McKean, Mercy Corps; Jordan Menkveld, IOM; Michèle Plichta, Centre for Disaster Protection; Joseph Rwanjagarara, CAFOD; Guillaume Sauval, UNICEF; Bir Thapa, HelpAge International; Katharina Thote at UNHCR; and Sophie Valynseele, CARE International.
We thank the programme’s funders: the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada.