Policy Brief: Humanitarian financing

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.