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Editorial

Time to re-start stalled reform of humanitarian aid

At the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul in 2016 donors agreed, as part of a reform package - the so-called Grand Bargain, to channel one-fourth of humanitarian aid directly to local responders. This has not happened. Donors continue to channel emergency aid via their own national NGOs and international actors, even though locals continue to do much of the job and bear the brunt of the risks associated with operating in war zones.   

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