Fragkiska Megaloudi fran221175

For almost two years, Fragkiska lived in Pyongyang and she has published several analysis and reports on the humanitarian situation and daily life in North Korea. She has worked for the U.N. OCHA in the Philippines and IRIN news in Thailand. She has also lived in Jordan and Uganda where she worked for international aid organizations. She holds a doctorate in anthropology from EHESS or the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris and is a former lecturer at the University of Western Australia.

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The aid conundrum in northeast Nigeria

over 10 years ago // Aid delivery

The Boko Haram insurgency has displaced more than a million Nigerians and left some 6 million people in need of humanitarian support. And yet few international groups have come to their aid, nor has donor funding kept pace with needs. Why is that?

In North Korea, people are 'still malnourished, but better fed'

almost 11 years ago // North Korea

While the reclusive Asian country certainly needs humanitarian support, particularly to address malnutrition, the situation there is not as dire as most people believe. Devex spoke with the former WFP deputy director in Pyongyang and several experts on North Korea.

In Pyongyang, walking a fine line between politics and aid

almost 11 years ago // North Korea

How can development organizations deliver aid to perhaps the world's most cloistered country? We spoke with former U.N. officials who worked in North Korea and aid workers on the ground to find out. A Devex exclusive.

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