Resize humanitarian aid back to short-term emergency relief
What the document says“The next Administration should resize and repurpose USAID’s humanitarian aid portfolio to restore its original purpose of providing emergency short-term relief”
The chapter records that the agency merged food and non-food emergency relief into a single humanitarian bureau in 2020 and says that reform was not sufficient. It asks that the portfolio be resized to short-term relief, prepare vulnerable communities for transition, and do no harm.
What the document actually says“The next Administration should resize and repurpose USAID’s humanitarian aid portfolio to restore its original purpose of providing emergency short-term relief”
Make this aid smaller again. It should be for short emergencies only.
Some aid is for sudden disasters. The book says it now runs on for years. It says it should go back to short-term help.
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