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The episode discusses the implications of aid cuts on new crises like Ebola and the need for transformation in the humanitarian system.
Send us Fan Mail On this week's Inside Geneva podcast episode, we take stock of aid cuts and what they mean for new crises such as Ebola. “It is a catastrophe. It is not an opportunity. But now we have an obligation to transform the system: there’s no other way the humanitarian system can survive this crisis without any change,” says Professor Karl Blanchet from the University of Geneva. A new report says aid delivery must change, but huge cuts are not the way. “The suspension of funding by m...
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Guest: Professor Karl Blanchet
Topics covered
- aid cuts
- humanitarian system
- Ebola crisis
- system transformation
- funding suspension
Keywords
- aid
- Ebola
- humanitarian system
- funding cuts
- crisis management
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Organizations: University of Geneva
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