Many people in Gaza are reliant on the United Nations and other international aid groups to meet their basic needs, like food and medical care. A scholar of peace and conflict economics explains why.
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The war in Ukraine has led to the destruction of scientific infrastructure, caused many Ukrainian researchers to leave the country and disrupted the work of those who have stayed.
As conflicts last longer, the number of refugees and other displaced people is on the rise.
The UK can count asylum seeker housing for 12 months as international aid.
The UK is among countries cutting international aid payments, which could affect the world in four key areas: poverty, extremism, democracy and refugees.
A scholar who visited Syria after the earthquake observes that as the war has dragged on, a humanitarian organization she’s researched for 10 years has branched out.
About 1.5 million refugees are still there, with some putting down roots.
White saviourism is simultaneously a state of mind and a concrete unequal power structure between the Global North and the Global South.
A cholera outbreak, a harsh winter, ten years of civil war and obstruction from the Syrian government are some of the difficulties faced by aid agencies.
Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Grain and fertilizer shortages, higher shipping costs and a strong dollar are all pushing food prices up and increasing hunger in dozens of vulnerable countries.
Cryptocurrency allows Ukraine to get quick financial support, and Russia, to bypass international sanctions and protect some of its economic interests.
The damage from storms, droughts and sea level rise is in the news almost daily. Some money is flowing to help poor countries, but what isn’t clear is how much impact the funds are having.
In 1983, a Canadian group helped rebuild traditional cooking houses in Tonga in the aftermath of a devastating cyclone. The Tonga Kitchens project offers lessons for Canadian aid today.
A new study shows how governments’ emergency aid response is influenced by the news media and politicians’ publicity concerns.
These photos tend to oversimplify the issues that cause poverty and the suffering of poor people in low-income countries.
Aid workers are struggling to help Haitians with the latest devastating earthquake. A professor of disaster reduction assesses lessons learnt from the last one in 2010.
COVID-19 cases in Indonesia are rising and are expected to keep doing so for another two weeks until the effects of restrictions and mask mandates are seen.
As the peak of India’s COVID crisis approaches, the country desperately needs more help from the international community.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s government did not have a perfect environmental record. But at least things were starting to change.
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Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Department of International Development Studies, Dalhousie University
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Assistant Professor of Human Rights and Cultural Relations, American University School of International Service
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Fellow for the Middle East, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
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Assistant Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic, University of Waikato
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Director, Pacific Islands Program, Lowy Institute for International Policy; Centre Associate at the Development Policy Centre, Australian National University
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Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading
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Associate Professor in International Development Studies, Dalhousie University
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Senior Lecturer in Political Communications, Nottingham Trent University
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Assistant Director, Global Economic Governance Initiative, Global Development Policy Center, Boston University
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Lecturer in Operations Management, Lancaster University
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Docteur en administration publique et chargé d'enseignement, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP)
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Professor of Practice in International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Economics, University of the West of England
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Professor of Media and International Development, University of East Anglia