The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions

... organisations cannot cope with all the problems of politicisation and the mismatch between the amount of aid and the levels of need, but they are trying to even out the imbalance (the same report shows, however, that in 2012, 37.3% of needs went unmet). Politicisation: a modern problem for humanitarian aid Apart from the four above mentioned principles (humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence), a very important aspect of humanitarian aid today is the needs-based approach. When aid is politicised, too little attention is paid ...