Multi-year humanitarian funding: Global baselines and trends
A comprehensive breakdown of multi-year humanitarian funding, looking at long-term trends in donors, recipients and earmarking. Are Grand Bargain recommendations being met?
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A comprehensive breakdown of multi-year humanitarian funding, looking at long-term trends in donors, recipients and earmarking. Are Grand Bargain recommendations being met?
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A comprehensive breakdown of multi-year humanitarian funding, looking at long-term trends in donors, recipients and earmarking. Are Grand Bargain recommendations being met?
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Introduction
Introducing new research from Development Initiatives: establishing baselines and filling evidence gaps on predictable and flexible multi-year humanitarian funding.
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Donor contributions
Read about recent trends and changes in the volume of multi-year humanitarian funding from donors.
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Duration of funding from donors
Read about the duration of multi-year humanitarian funding allocations from donors.
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Earmarking of funding from donors
Read about the extent of earmarking of multi-year humanitarian funding as reported by donors.
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Country recipients of funding from donors
Read a breakdown of the countries receiving the most multi-year humanitarian funding from donors.
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Recipient organisations of funding
Learn about the volumes and trends of multi-year humanitarian funding received by NGOs, Red Cross, UN agencies, other multilaterals and the private sector.
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First-level recipients’ reported multi-year humanitarian income
Read about the recent trends in multi-year humanitarian funding reported by first-level recipients and the proportion that remains short term.
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Financial tracking and reporting: Data gaps and challenges
Find out about the existing evidence gaps in, and challenges to, improving the reporting and tracking of multi-year humanitarian funding.
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Conclusions and recommendations
Read the key recommendations from Development Initiatives' analysis and interviews. How can actors improve the funding, reporting and delivery of multi-year humanitarian funding to better meet Grand Bargain commitments?
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A comprehensive breakdown of multi-year humanitarian funding, looking at long-term trends in donors, recipients and earmarking. Are Grand Bargain recommendations being met?
Read the executive summaryChapter One
Introduction
Introducing new research from Development Initiatives: establishing baselines and filling evidence gaps on predictable and flexible multi-year humanitarian funding.
Read chapter oneChapter Two
Donor contributions
Read about recent trends and changes in the volume of multi-year humanitarian funding from donors.
Read chapter twoChapter Three
Duration of funding from donors
Read about the duration of multi-year humanitarian funding allocations from donors.
Read chapter threeChapter Four
Earmarking of funding from donors
Read about the extent of earmarking of multi-year humanitarian funding as reported by donors.
Read chapter fourChapter Five
Country recipients of funding from donors
Read a breakdown of the countries receiving the most multi-year humanitarian funding from donors.
Read chapter fiveChapter Six
Recipient organisations of funding
Learn about the volumes and trends of multi-year humanitarian funding received by NGOs, Red Cross, UN agencies, other multilaterals and the private sector.
Read chapter sixChapter Seven
First-level recipients’ reported multi-year humanitarian income
Read about the recent trends in multi-year humanitarian funding reported by first-level recipients and the proportion that remains short term.
Read chapter sevenChapter Eight
Financial tracking and reporting: Data gaps and challenges
Find out about the existing evidence gaps in, and challenges to, improving the reporting and tracking of multi-year humanitarian funding.
Read chapter eightChapter Nine
Conclusions and recommendations
Read the key recommendations from Development Initiatives' analysis and interviews. How can actors improve the funding, reporting and delivery of multi-year humanitarian funding to better meet Grand Bargain commitments?
Read chapter nineMethodology
The study used a mixed methods approach, combining qualitative and quantitative data. Primary quantitative data was collected from donor and aid organisation signatories to the Grand Bargain. Qualitative data was…
Read appendix oneAcknowledgements
This background paper was written by Luminita Tuchel. Daniele Milani led the quantitative data analysis and participated in key informant interviews. The author would like to thank all those who…
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