While development eyes were supposed to be fixed on the World Bank-International Monetary Fund annual meetings in Marrakech, Morocco, much of the focus has shifted to the situation escalating in the Middle East. What does it all mean for humanitarian aid?
Also in today’s edition: Multilateral bankers meet with finance ministers in Morocco, we speak to Lisa Nandy — the U.K.’s new shadow international development minister — and how U.K. aid cuts impact NGOs.
The renewed conflict around the Gaza Strip — which houses over 2 million people, including 1.7 million Palestinian refugees — is likely to have major impacts for humanitarian aid, United Nations agencies have said.
Printing articles to share with others is a breach of our terms and conditions and copyright policy. Please use the sharing options on the left side of the article. Devex Pro members may share up to 10 articles per month using the Pro share tool ( ).
About the author
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.
