Localisation and decolonisation: the difference that makes the difference

Transformation in the Aid and Development Sector- Decolonising Aid.

Centre for Humanitarian Leadership

• Research and Studies

Time to decolonise aid: Insights and lessons from a global consultation

Peace Direct

• Research and Studies

Explain: Localisation and locally led humanitarian action | Quick read [January 2023]

ALNAP

• Research and Studies

Passing the buck. Economics of localizing aid: a case study of a pooled fund in the middle east

This study analyzes a pooled fund in the Middle East to show how direct funding to local actors improves cost efficiency, reduces overheads, and strengthens locally led humanitarian response.

The Share Trust

• Research and Studies

When the system cannot hold: Designing an antifragile humanitarianism

Written from the perspective of a humanitarian practitioner, this paper argues that current structures repeatedly fail under volatility, and proposes four design principles for an antifragile humanitarian system.

Centre for Humanitarian Leadership

• Research and Studies

Passing the buck: The economics of localizing aid in Nigeria

Empirical case study using Nigeria Humanitarian Fund budgets to show that shifting funding to local intermediaries increases cost efficiency, reduces overhead and international salary costs, and strengthens locally led humanitarian response.

The Share Trust

• Research and Studies