Overview
- Provides a road map of priorities and policy strategies for further development
- The first to assess a set of innovative financing mechanisms
- Explores the range of non-traditional financing mechanisms and approaches
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance (SIF)
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Humanitarian crises have become more frequent, complex and protracted. If current trends continue, it is estimated that by 2030, humanitarian assistance costs could increase to $50 billion per year. By then, two-thirds of the world’s poor are at risk of living in conflict-affected countries. To bridge the gap, humanitarian organizations are increasingly utilizing innovative financing tools such as impact bonds, faith-based finance and other innovative financial products and services to mobilize greater funding to address humanitarian needs. This book is among the first to assess a set of innovative financing mechanisms that have been transforming the humanitarian sector and explores their key opportunities, challenges and future prospects. This book will be of interest to academics, practitioners, humanitarian organizations and policy makers involved in humanitarian financing and to the humanitarian sector in general.
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Keywords
- deficit
- impact investing
- social finance
- inclusive finance
- socially responsible investing
- humanitarian funding
- capital markets
- vaccine bonds
- impact bonds
- islamic social finance
- sustainability
- financial services
- humanitarian crises
- disaster risk insurance
- fintech
- cash transfer
- remittance payments
- technology
- Development Finance
Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Maram Ahmed teaches at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, SOAS, University of London. Maram has published in various key academic and policy journals and has also published and been featured in mainstream media publications such as the Financial Times, CNBC, Reuters, the World Economic Forum, Devex and others. Maram frequently speaks at conferences and industry summits across the globe and has worked internationally with a range of government, corporate and humanitarian agencies. To find out more, visit www.maramahmed.com.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Innovative Humanitarian Financing
Book Subtitle: Case Studies of Funding Models
Authors: Maram Ahmed
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83209-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-83208-7Published: 19 October 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-83211-7Published: 20 October 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-83209-4Published: 18 October 2021
Series ISSN: 2662-5105
Series E-ISSN: 2662-5113
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 243
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Capital Markets, Financial Services, Environmental Policy, Sociology, general