Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2023
The Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2023 assesses the international financing response to crisis. Development Initiatives finds that more needs went unmet in 2022 than ever before.
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Our new report 'Falling short? Humanitarian funding and reform' presents the latest data on global humanitarian assistance, as well as progress on Grand Bargain localisation targets, cash and voucher assistance, and anticipatory action.
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DI CEO Adrian Lovett considers the report findings, finding some positive developments, and also a drive for new ways of thinking and working across the humanitarian system.
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New and continuing crises increased the pressure on the humanitarian system, and funding fell short of demand. What are the key opportunities for reform?
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Key trends in humanitarian need and funding: 2022
Conflict, climate and ongoing pandemic impacts have left an estimated 406.6 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. Despite unprecedented response to certain appeals, the funding gap grew by volume.
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Characteristics of crisis: Need and funding
Humanitarian crises are increasing in number and lasting longer. Forced displacement and food insecurity – both worsened by the war in Ukraine – drove the significant rise in need.
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A better humanitarian system: Locally led action
Total funding increased, but only 1.2% went directly to local and national actors. Progress against commitments to enable locally led responses is too little and too slow.
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Beyond humanitarian funding: Addressing cycles of crises
Joint action between humanitarian, development, peacebuilding and climate actors is needed to ensure the root causes of crisis are addressed as well as the consequences.
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Methodology and definitions
Details of the methodology and definitions used in this report – including data sources, acronyms and abbreviations.
Read chapter five- What is humanitarian assistance?
- Cash
- Channels of delivery
- Climate-related ODA
- Country and region naming conventions
- Deflators
- Dimensions of vulnerability, fragility and risk
- Disaster risk reduction-related ODA
- Exchange rates
- Food insecurity
- Funding for local and national actors
- International humanitarian assistance
- People in need and people targeted for assistance
- Private funding
- Protracted crisis countries
- Rounding
- UN-coordinated appeals
- Data sources
appendix one
Acknowledgements
Thank you to those who contributed to and supported the publication of the Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2023.
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Acronyms and abbreviations
A list of the acronyms and abbreviations we have used across the report.
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