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Q&A: The ICRC and the “Humanitarian-Development–Peace Nexus” Discussion

Sectors:
Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting | Program Design and Management | Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction
International Review of the Red Cross
Authors:
International Review of the Red Cross
Year Published:
2019
Resource Type:
Infographics and Media
Language:
English
Available In Languages:
Spanish

Over the past five years, various developments in the international aid policy sphere have resurfaced a decades-old discussion about the link between humanitarian action, development, and peace efforts – the so-called “triple nexus”. This discussion focuses on protracted conflicts and fragile settings, as these are environments where humanitarian funding and response are overstretched and where development and peace struggle to take hold.