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19 Jan 17
The European Union’s response to recent disasters around the world has been “broadly effective”, according to the European Court of Auditors.
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17 Nov 16
The impact of extreme natural disasters on poor people across the world is far greater than previously thought, according to analysis by the World Bank.
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19 Aug 16
The United Nations has made its first public admission of blame for its role in a cholera outbreak that took hold in Haiti following the catastrophic earthquake in 2010, and has since killed around...
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28 Jul 16
Drought-stricken nations across southern Africa have declared a regional disaster and launched a $2.4bn dollar appeal to assist millions of citizens in dire need of food aid.
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20 Jul 16
Almost a quarter of a million children in north-eastern Nigeria are at risk from severe, acute malnutrition, UNICEF has warned.
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11 Jul 16
The IMF has fast-tracked a loan of $364m for Ecuador to help it rebound from the devastating earthquake that struck the country earlier this year.
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22 Jun 16
Planning for risks and investing in resilience is critical to achieving sustainable development, a United Nations Development Programme chief has said.
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25 May 16
The International Rescue Committee has called for governments across the world to take action to introduce electronic cash transfers in the humanitarian aid system that could transform responses in...
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24 May 16
The World Bank has launched the world’s first ever insurance and pandemic bonds to help protect against deadly infectious disease.
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23 May 16
Myanmar’s economy has fallen short of expectations as severe flooding, the pre-election climate and weak external demand weigh on growth, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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23 May 16
The world’s first ever World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) opened in Istanbul today, and will attempt to find ways to relieve the unprecedented strain the global humanitarian system is under.
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18 May 16
A United Nations expert has slammed the European Union for “abandoning” Greece and treating human rights for migrants and refugees as “dispensible”.
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18 May 16
Digital payments to emergency workers saved time and more than $10m in costs during the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone, a United Nations-backed initiative has found.
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17 May 16
A “game-changing” education fund with hopes of tackling what has been described as a global crisis in education is to be launched next week.
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10 May 16
British MPs have weighed into a row over the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit, due to be held in Istanbul later this month, stressing that defending International Humanitarian Law (IHL) should be...
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9 May 16
Ecuador’s appeal for aid following last month’s devastating earthquake has received only 12% of the funds requested to help the country as it struggles to respond.
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4 May 16
Future water shortages could spur migration, spark conflict and knock more than 10% off the size of some regions’ economies, the World Bank warned today.
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4 May 16
Climate risk insurance requires a strong and sustained public finance element if it is to reach the poorest people most affected by climate change, a report by Results UK argues.
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4 May 16
Risk financing mechanisms can be used to help absorb some of the shocks and costs of climate change
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28 Apr 16
A $2bn and rising funding gap threatens to hamper the global response to the El Niño weather pattern, the United Nations warned ahead of an appeal meeting earlier this week.
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26 Apr 16
The European Commission has proposed an additional €414m to alleviate food crises sparked across the globe by a strong El Niño.
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25 Apr 16
The European Union is to deliver a €105m grant to Nepal, pledged in June last year, a few months after the small Asian nation was hit by a devastating earthquake.
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21 Apr 16
Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa has announced one-off taxes, asset sales and potential new bond issuances to help pay for the recovery bill from last Saturday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake.
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20 Apr 16
Value for money for international aid spending is often undermined by deficiencies in the United Nations system, a review by the UK parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has found.
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20 Apr 16
Ecuador’s president has warned that reconstruction costs following Saturday’s devastating earthquake will run into the billions of dollars.