WORLD · VERIFIED DEVELOPMENT
Humanitarian Funding Contracts Amid Escalating Global Needs
WHY IT MATTERS
The contraction in humanitarian funding threatens the ability of aid organizations to respond to escalating global needs, potentially exacerbating humanitarian crises.
What happened
The State of the Humanitarian System 2026 report, released by ALNAP, assesses the international humanitarian system during 2022-2025. This period saw a significant contraction in humanitarian funding, the largest in recent history, amidst escalating humanitarian needs and major geopolitical shifts.
The report examines what is working and what is not within the system, providing insight into the pressures facing humanitarian action. The full report is available on ALNAP's website.
For almost 20 years, ALNAP's State of the Humanitarian System report has tracked the performance of international humanitarian action. The report highlights the challenges faced by the humanitarian system in responding to growing global needs.
PRIMARY SOURCES
World: The State of the Humanitarian System 2026
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CORRECTIONS & UPDATES
- Revision 1 · Initial ingestion · Sep 15, 2026, 5:15 AM
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