The Year Ahead 2023: 5 things not in the 'GHO'
December 6, 2022 December 7, 2022 by Mike Pearson
How do the big agencies spend their money?
October 31, 2022 October 31, 2022 by Mike Pearson
So you want to be a Humanitarian CEO?
August 29, 2022 August 31, 2022 by Mike Pearson
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Do more severe humanitarian crises get more money?
May 2, 2022 May 2, 2022 by Mike Pearson
🚨 NEW: Updated Q1 April 2022 Forecasts
April 4, 2022 April 4, 2022 by Mike Pearson
Crisis Profile: Ukraine
March 7, 2022 March 7, 2022 by Mike Pearson
Underfunded Crises: A Look at the Last 5 Years
If you were to ask me, "Are humanitarian crises underfunded?", I'd probably say "Sure, that's like asking me, do you check Twitter as soon as you open your eyes in the morning? Or will there be another Fast and Furious movie? The answer is obviously yes, and it's unhealthy". But if you asked me which […]
December 6, 2022 December 7, 2022 by Mike Pearson No Comments Share this
Another year and another Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) is published. The 2023 abridged version (only 19 pages this year!) sets out the funding required, and the number of people in need for the year ahead. But sometimes the most fascinating things to look at are those that are out of sight. We've picked out 5 […]
Launch: Cost of Doing Business Index
November 21, 2022 December 7, 2022 by Mike Pearson No Comments Share this
Humanitarian Funding Forecast is launching its third yearly index: the Cost of Doing Business Index. The index provides a way to understand which humanitarian contexts are more expensive to work in. The 2022 index shows that refugee responses are expensive, whilst flash appeals are cheap; Europe and MENA are expensive places to be, whilst Sub-Saharan […]
In the past decade, the expenditure of five of the largest humanitarian agencies has ballooned. In 2012, the combined expenditure of WFP, UNICEF, UNHCR, IOM, and ICRC was $12.7bn – a huge amount. Nine years later and the combined expenditure of these agencies was over $25bn. These are vast amounts of money. In the 2012-2021 […]