With both systems under enormous pressure and facing current challenges,how could the aid financing model be reshaped?
“So much of what is wrong in the sector stems from the perverse incentives around money,” says Simon Levine. We are discussing why development and humanitarian work is funded separately when most crises acquire gone on for so long, and they can hardly be classed as emergencies at all. “To effect good you need money but getting the money drives individual behaviour in ways that make absolutely no sense. The idea that you set aside money for truly urgent,lifesaving work makes sense. Even in households this is actual: if people can afford to, you save for a rainy day.”
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Source: theguardian.com