18 November 2025

Prioritising humanitarian resources: how to think clearly about what matters most

Adelaide Maphangane stands beside an empty water hole in the district of Mabalane, Mozambique.
Photo: IFRC / Aurélie Marrier d'Unienville | CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

The paper outlines a framework to understand decision-making spaces and influences, as well as constructive approaches to the inevitable trade-offs and dilemmas implicated in prioritisation.

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