Changes in Humanitarian Financing: Implications for the United Nations

Two sets of questions guide this study: 1) How is the competitive aid environment
evolving and what are the forces shaping this environment? In that context, in what
ways does this impact on donors, aid organisations, the larger humanitarian
community and beneficiaries? 2) Given this evolving environment, how could the
United Nations (UN) be best configured to provide maximum benefit to beneficiaries,
in terms of its role, its efficiency in the use of resources and its effectiveness as a
provider of assistance, while remaining an attractive option for donors? These
questions form the basis of the study’s terms of reference (see: Annex I) and are
reflected in the study’s structure.