Introduction to International Disaster Management

Chapter 10: Participants: Multilateral Organizations and International Financial Institutions

Introduction to International Disaster Management
Introduction to
International Disaster Management

UN Agencies

International Financial Institutions (IFIs)

Regional Organizations

International Agreements

IGO and IFI Challenges

Disaster Financing Issues

  • Most aid funds go to just a few disasters. What about the rest? (The New Humanitarian, June 7, 2022): “Every year for the past two decades, an estimated 350 to 500 medium-to-large disasters have taken place globally; numbers only expected to rise further due to the climate crisis. But many, like the case studies we report on here in Peru and Nepal, receive little attention beyond the areas directly affected. As a result, the response can fall far short of what’s needed.”
  • Renewing the Grand Bargain, Part 1: Old goals, a new path (The New Humanitarian, June 10, 2021): ‘It’s the donors who still dictate the rules.’ “In May 2016, a sweeping deal was struck between the most powerful humanitarian players – the donor nations and the main international aid organisations. Its purpose: to make the system more efficient so it could respond more effectively to emergencies around the globe.”
  • Renewing the Grand Bargain, Part 2: Old goals, a new path (The New Humanitarian, June 11, 2021): ‘Revolution? I wouldn’t dream of using the word revolution.’ “Here, in Part 2, we explore the obstacles to progress in the three areas the Grand Bargain 2.0 envisages as having the most potential for system-wide transformation: localisation, more agile funding, and greater involvement of affected communities. These, and other sticking points, will be hammered out at the next annual meeting of the over 60 signatories, from 15-17 June.”
World Bank Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, 2021

UN Appeals Process