Humanitarian & Disaster Assistance

Faithful pray during a Sunday Mass in Saint Joseph Cathedral in Bambari, Central African Republic, October 18, 2015. Pope Francis' first Africa trip will highlight the problems of building dialog between Christianity and Islam as both religions grow fast on the continent, threatening to widen an already volatile fault line there between them. Picture taken October 18. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Higher power to deliver: The overlooked nexus between religion and development

Paul M. Bisca and Rebekka Grun

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Empty office chair, notebook and pen

The Development Finance Corporation confirms the new chief development officer—what’s the role?

Monday, February 10, 2020

Sadako Ogata, former U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, speaks during an interview in Tokyo, October 29, 2015. Japan, which accepted less than a dozen asylum seekers last year, should show more leadership on refugees and craft an immigration policy given its need for foreign workers, the former U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said on Thursday. Ogata, 88, whose great-grandfather, then-premier Tsuyoshi Inukai, was assassinated by radical naval officers in 1932, also said that while Japan's military had a global role to play, it should not be one that involved fighting overseas. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - GF20000037482

A tribute to Sadako Ogata

Roberta Cohen and Francis M. Deng

Friday, December 13, 2019

Venezuelan migrant Andraimi Laya, 22, poses for a picture carrying her daughter Jessy, while they wait to process their documents at the Ecuadorian-Peruvian border service centre, before they continue their journey, on the outskirts of Tumbes, Peru, June 16, 2019. "I really was betting on Guaido. I was sure he was going to change the country," said Andraimi Laya, 22, her 2-year-old wiggling in her arms. When Peru's President Martin Vizcarra announced Venezuelans must have passports and visas to enter Peru starting June 15, Laya dropped everything. She put her dream of becoming a police officer on hold, sold her last valuable possession, her TV, and headed for Peru with her daughter. "I said, 'no, I'm not going to die here. This might be my last chance.'" Laya said. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "MOTHERS REFUGEE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1AFBDF8380

Venezuela refugee crisis to become the largest and most underfunded in modern history

Dany Bahar and Meagan Dooley

Monday, December 9, 2019

A camel casts a shadow next to its herder at a watering hole outside the town of Aleg, Mauritania, May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Penney (MAURITANIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) - GM1E85Q0MGN01

Climate change in the Sahel: How can cash transfers help protect the poor?

Christian Bodewig

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Palestinian-Syrian refugee Ahmed, 27, his future wife Hanin, 18, and Hanin's mother Turki visit a pastry shop the day before their engagement party in Kilis, Turkey, March 10, 2017. Ahmed's and Hanin's journey started amid Syria's conflict and brought the two Palestinians from their homes in Damascus' suburbs to Turkey. They were introduced in the winter of 2017. As they lived in different cities, they texted for months before Ahmed took a 20-hour bus trip from Izmir to the border town of Kilis to meet her, which led to their engagement. REUTERS/Ekaterina Anchevskaya SEARCH "SYRIA MIGRANTS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1460F5A5A0

Turkey’s Syrian refugees—the welcome fades

Monday, November 25, 2019

A man walks past "Democracy Wall" outside the library of the University of Hong Kong February 17, 2015. A campus election at the top Hong Kong university degenerated into an acrimonious campaign against mainland Chinese candidates, highlighting simmering tensions two months after pro-democracy protests led by local students paralysed parts of the city. Picture taken February 17, 2015. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION) - GM1EB2I0EXC01

The ongoing debate on the reform of the definition of Official Development Assistance

Monday, November 18, 2019

Yaneidi Guzman, 38, walks home with her mother-in-law in Caracas, Venezuela, February 17, 2019. Guzman has lost a third of her weight over the past three years as Venezuela's economic collapse made food unaffordable and she now hopes the opposition will succeed in bringing urgently needed foreign aid. She is one of many Venezuelans suffering from malnutrition. "It's not that I want to be rich, or a millionaire", Guzman said. "But I do want to give my children a good future, to make sure I can take them to the doctors when they get ill... and that they eat well." REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "RAWLINS GUZMAN" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1F8A0356E0

Statistics vs political relevance: Getting Official Development Assistance right

Anthony F. Pipa

Monday, November 18, 2019

An aerial view of Mosul taken from helicopter is seen during the battle against Islamic State militants in Iraq, January 4, 2017. Picture taken January 4, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Kalin - RC1293444770

Geospatial peacekeeping: How soldiers and technology can help fight poverty

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

A general view of Firdos Square, one of the main squares of Baghdad April 29, 2014. Iraq is now gripped by its worst violence since the heights of its 2005-2008 sectarian war, and Sunni Islamist insurgents who target Shi'ites have been regaining ground in the country over the past year. But despite the instability, daily life continues in poor Shi'ite neighbourhoods of Baghdad such as Al-Fdhiliya and Sadr City - a sprawling slum marred by poor infrastructure and overcrowding. Reuters photographer Ahmed Jadallah spent time documenting the community and their daily life. Picture taken April 29, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY POLITICS)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 01 OF 32 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCCER, SALONS AND SWIMMING IN SADR CITY'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'SADR JADALLAH' - GM1EA5T16KX01

Getting reconstruction right and wrong: Lessons from Iraq

Hideki Matsunaga

Tuesday, October 1, 2019