A post-social question [0.03%]
后社会问题
Juliano Fiori
Juliano Fiori
Debates about 'the trouble with aid' are nothing new. But while these have usually focused on technical, financial or political concerns, the central challenge to the aid industry today is social. If the modern enterprise of aid was a syste...
The unbearable lightness of humanitarian reform: Reflections on calls for change in the sector [0.03%]
人道主义改革的虚无与沉重——对变革呼吁的反思
Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy
Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy
Despite significant rhetoric around reform, the humanitarian sector predominantly focuses on maintaining established structures with minimal actual change. The calls for reform are categorised into technocratic and participatory approaches....
Towards a temporal theory of refugee crisis response: 'passing the baton' across sectors [0.03%]
论难民危机响应的时效理论：“交接接力棒”式的跨部门协作
Eric Martin
Eric Martin
This article explores partnering over and across time in refugee response situations where stakeholders, needs, beneficiaries, and the nature of the crisis change. It is based on interviews and fieldwork in various European settings from th...
Reclaiming Power and Partnerships in the Wake of Donor Retraction through South-South Partnership [0.03%]
通过南南合作在捐助国撤回资金后重新获得权力和伙伴关系
Basma Taysir El Doukhi
Basma Taysir El Doukhi
The recent US foreign assistance cuts represent not only a funding crisis but also a reckoning for the humanitarian and development sectors. This moment must catalyse a shift towards South-South cooperation, partnership and funding ecosyste...
Lack of accountability, not budget cuts, is the real humanitarian crisis [0.03%]
问责缺失，而非预算削减，才是真正的援助危机
Mohamed Hassan Mohamud
Mohamed Hassan Mohamud
The impact of funding cuts on refugees and displaced communities is being framed as a crisis of resources. But this moment is better understood as a crisis of legitimacy. The current model excludes affected communities from decision-making ...
The Disaster Response Mobilization System: a community-based disaster preparedness strategy in Puerto Rico [0.03%]
基于社区的波多黎各灾害准备策略：灾难响应动员系统
John-Michael Davis,Tara Checko,Abigail Sumner et al.
John-Michael Davis et al.
Puerto Rico is increasingly vulnerable to natural hazards that exacerbate ongoing humanitarian and economic crises. Historically, local and federal recovery efforts have been slow and inadequate, leaving community members as first responder...
Unmasking the systemic inequalities undermining refugee sexual and reproductive health and rights, intimacy, and access in Lebanon [0.03%]
揭露黎巴嫩难民性与生殖健康和权利、亲密关系及获取渠道中的系统性不平等现象
Jasmin Lilian Diab,Bechara Samneh,Alexandra Spencer et al.
Jasmin Lilian Diab et al.
This paper examines the barriers to accessing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services for refugees in Lebanon, focusing on Syrian, Palestinian, Iraqi, and Sudanese communities. Amidst Lebanon's socioeconomic crisis, the st...
Samir Elhawary
Samir Elhawary
Humanitarian reform has regained urgency in 2025 amid funding shortfalls, rising global needs, and a deepening crisis of legitimacy. Unlike past efforts, today's reform imperative - shaped by geo-political shifts and a retreat of traditiona...
How and why famines form: towards an integrated approach to causation [0.03%]
饥荒的形成及其原因——一种因果关系的整体性方法如何及为何饥饿成为人类灾难本身是一个令人困惑的问题。尽管有各种尝试，但一个全面和经得起检验的理论仍然缺失。本文利用新的数据集，把一系列因素纳入分析中去：人口统计学、政治制度、环境影响以及国际援助，并且在1870-2000年期间对全球范围内的饥荒进行考察。研究结果显示，在这四个领域中的每一个都有助于解释为何某些地方的饥饿比其他地方更严重，但它们都未能单独说明一个国家何时会经历饥荒。然而，当它们一起出现时，则能更好地预测那些最容易发生人类灾难的地方，并且有助于预防这些灾难的发生。
Paul Howe
Paul Howe
In recent years, there has been renewed global concern about the risk of famine, prompting calls for a greater focus on prevention. Yet, for preventive efforts to be successful, it is critical to understand what causes these extreme crises....
Calling on and thanking God: the role of faith and faith communities in disaster recovery [0.03%]
祈求与感谢上帝——信仰和宗教社团在灾后恢复中的作用
Virgil Henry Storr,Jordan K Lofthouse,Nona Martin Storr
Virgil Henry Storr
Faith and faith communities play a critical role in post-disaster recovery for at least three reasons. First, faith is a socially shared frame through which individuals understand a disaster and evaluate potential means of recovery. Second,...