The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees has taken some heat over the decades for its work in Gaza. We explain how the current crisis puts it back in the hot seat as critics seek to eliminate it.
Also in today’s edition: the United Kingdom government’s money-saving ideas could send Afghan refugees back to the Taliban, how ChatGPT can help SDGs, and MCC gets a reprieve.
UNRWA has been a controversial political lightning rod for decades. Lauded by many for providing urgent lifesaving help to Palestinians, the U.N. agency is slated by some as an unwitting pawn for Hamas.
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Helen Murphy
Helen is an award-winning journalist and Senior Editor at Devex, where she edits coverage on global development in the Americas. Based in Colombia, she previously covered war, politics, financial markets, and general news for Reuters, where she headed the bureau, and for Bloomberg in Colombia and Argentina, where she witnessed the financial meltdown. She started her career in London as a reporter for Euromoney Publications before moving to Hong Kong to work for a daily newspaper.
