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Ten humanitarian crises and trends to watch in 2022
- January 12, 2022
- Posted by: Innovative Aid Strategy & Consulting
- Categories: Humanitarian, International, International Development
From The New Humanitarian, published on 29 December 2021
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The 10 crises and trends listed here have our attention – and should demand yours – in 2022.
They are in random order, as this is not a ranked list. Our aim is to offer a forward-looking view of some of the key issues likely to drive humanitarian needs over the next year. While we point to geographically specific emergencies, we also flag cross-cutting trends – from how the pandemic is turbo-boosting poverty and wider social inequity, to border crises spurred by Western nations’ hostile asylum policies.
This list is informed by our reporting from humanitarian hotspots around the globe – more than 60 countries in 2021 – and by our editors’ research and discussions with analysts, aid workers, and individuals whose lives have been upturned by conflict and disasters.
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It’s no secret that COVID-19 has exposed massive inequalities within countries as well as between them. The beginnings of an economic turnaround in parts of the world in 2022 are only likely to make these divides even starker. The pandemic increased the percentage of people living in extreme poverty globally, ending a two-decade downward trend. That will make it even harder for countries already dealing with conflict, fragility, or widespread poverty to rebound, and it will drive new needs in places home to people who have not been traditional recipients of humanitarian aid.
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