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Author-Name: Nimeh, Zina
Author-Email: nimeh@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University
Author-Name: Kool, Tamara
Author-Email: kool@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University
Author-Name: Iacoella, Francesco
Author-Email: iacoella@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT
Author-Name: Huns, Alex
Author-Email: @merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT
Title: Rethinking humanitarian aid & making the case for humanitarian social 
	 protection: A response to the 2019 Global Refugee Forum
Abstract: The challenges and responsibility posed on the entire international
	 community as a result of the increasing prevalence of the global refugee
	 population and humanitarian emergencies is ever intensifying. While in
	 its essence humanitarian aid seeks to alleviate some of the perils that
	 refugees face, it transpires as insufficient and unsustainable
	 particularly when displacement becomes protracted. This article draws
	 attention to this issue by arguing that if social protection is viewed
	 from a transformative lens, it could be regarded as a strategic approach
	 to reduce deprivations and enhance resilience through strengthening the
	 link between humanitarian aid and human development. Structurally
	 extending coordinated social protection provisions to refugees could be
	 a pathway forward to durable solutions. This article is written as a
	 response to the 2019 Global Refugee Forum and tackles the complex
	 question of extending social protection benefits to refugees while
	 simultaneously linking the need promoting resilience of the host
	 community through developing a framework that links humanitarian social
	 protection to human development processes.
Classification-JEL: I31, I38, O15, Y80 
Keywords: Humanitarian Social Protection, Humanitarian Development Nexus, Global
	 Refugee Forum
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20201208
Number: 2020-053
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2020/wp2020-053.pdf
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File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2020053