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What does humanitarian assistance look like in a world with less money, less global solidarity and ever-increasing numbers of people in need?

We spoke with more than 34,000 people in 12 countries about the challenges they face, their most pressing needs, fears and aspirations, and what they want global support actors to know and do differently. The world cannot afford – morally or financially – a humanitarian system that isn’t shaped by what crisis-affected people need.

This data points to five key imperatives – more necessary now than ever before – to make humanitarian assistance fit for today’s overlapping crises.

Read our guide based on two years of conversations with people on the front lines of crisis