Essays about: "Humanitarian assistance"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 72 essays containing the words Humanitarian assistance.

  1. 16. Cash-based programming – a catalyst for change in humanitarian aid? Exploring cash-based programming’s effects on humanitarian aid, the humanitarian-development nexus & the localisation agenda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

    Author : Charles Drury; [2022]
    Keywords : aid; humanitarian; humanitarian aid; cash-based programming; cash transfers; humanitarian cash transfers; cash and voucher assistance; Nexus; HDP Nexus; localisation agenda; localization agenda; multi-year funding; anticipatory response; consortium; resilience; catalyse; facilitate; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Humanitarian crises are becoming more frequent- and increasingly protracted, causing humanitarian actors to be under mounting pressure in their attempts to respond to the increasing amount of people in need. Among else, cash-based programming has been highlighted as part of the solution to this and has been rapidly on the rise as an aid modality among humanitarian actors in the past few years. READ MORE

  3. 17. Linking Forecast-based Financing to Shock-responsive Social Protection Programmes to Scale Up Assistance against Climate Hazards

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Sára Csapó; [2022]
    Keywords : forecast-based financing; social protection; shock-responsive social protection; anticipatory action; humanitarian action; disaster risk management; climate hazards; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate hazards are increasing globally both in their intensity and frequency, requiring more integrated approaches that also strengthen national leadership over disaster management. Mobilizing resources ex-ante has been demonstrated as an effective way of reducing the impacts of hazards on livelihoods and protecting development gains, while social protection (SP) has also been demonstrating capacity to deliver faster assistance to disaster affected areas. READ MORE

  4. 18. Challenging the Shrinking Humanitarian Space in the European Union

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Karla Primc; [2022]
    Keywords : humanitarian space; humanitarian pyramid; humanitarian border; humanitarian borderwork; civic space; asylum paradox; securitisation;

    Abstract : The humanitarian space in the European Union is shrinking, causing unnecessary suffering and preventable deaths, or is it? Humanitarian organisations are calling on the respect of principled humanitarian aid, protection of humanitarian workers and unhindered access to the affected population namely, undocumented asylum seekers.They are blaming the prioritisation of national security interests over humanitarian concerns as well as the politicisation of aid for the shrinking humanitarian space. READ MORE

  5. 19. Refugeehood in Uganda’s rapidly urbanizing cities: An investigation of the South Sudanese refugees’ use of assets and community self-reliance to overcome humanitarian protection challenges in Arua city, Northern Uganda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Vittorio Capici; [2021]
    Keywords : Urban forced displacement; secondary cities; Northern Uganda; self-settled refugees; collective livelihoods; community assets; refugee-led organisations; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In contrast with most studies analyzing urban forced displacement in Uganda, this study moves beyond the capital Kampala to explore urban refugeehood issues in one of the country’s secondary cities. The case study investigates how a community of self-settled South Sudanese refugees living in the northern Ugandan city of Arua copes with the challenges of self-settlement, self-reliance and recognition. READ MORE

  6. 20. Upholding the Humanitarian Principles in Conflict Areas – Challenges and Compromises: The Cases of Syria and Afghanistan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Yannick Meyer; Paula Richardson Jané; [2021]
    Keywords : Humanity; Neutrality; Impartiality; Independence; Remote Management; Risk Transfer; Donor-Dependency; Counter-Terrorism; Local Capacity; Technology and Engineering; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In recent years localising humanitarian aid has been a strategic direction for many humanitarian organisations to give local actors more ownership and make humanitarian interventions more efficient. Nevertheless, in conflict situations localising humanitarian aid can result in a series of dilemmas. READ MORE