How COVID-19 is Forcing a Reckoning for Humanitarians

<p>In the short history of modern humanitarianism, great crises have often inspired reform in how the international community approaches emergency situations.  </p> <p>Jessica Alexander wrote a sweeping review of how big crises over the last thirty years have compelled the humanitarian aid sector to change how it operates. Her article culminates with a discussion of how the current COVID crisis is forcing a new kind of reckoning in the aid sector.</p> <p>Jessica Alexander is a longtime humanitarian worker and editor of The New Humanitarian's Rethinking Humanitarian Series, which is where her article appears. She is also th...