Policy Brief: Humanitarian financing

Published

March 2009

In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly approved a new UN mechanism for funding humanitarian emergencies — the Central Emergency Response Fund.

Various country-based pooled funds have also been established over recent years.

But these new mechanisms have sometimes hindered the delivery of emergency assistance to those in need.

This report outlines:

• Why humanitarian financing is so important
• How humanitarian financing has changed
• The importance of NGOs
• Problems with the new system
• What independent experts say
• Save the Children's recommendations.

Download Policy Brief: Humanitarian financing (PDF 73KB) 

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