{"id":1221,"date":"2018-12-26T09:37:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T14:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/aidworkervoices\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2019-02-14T15:47:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T20:47:09","slug":"a-question-for-the-humanitarian-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elon.edu\/aidworkervoices\/?p=1221","title":{"rendered":"Global South or Global North: where are humanitarians from and where do they work?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated 14 Feb 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where are humanitarians from and where do they work?<\/h3>\n

A question
\n<\/strong>My research into the humanitarian ecosystem in general, and more specifically into the lives of the humanitarian workers themselves, has lead me to many questions. \u00a0In the context of this research, perhaps the most globally important questions concern where humanitarians are from and where they work.<\/p>\n

In the context of assessing some of the promises made in the ‘Grand Bargain<\/a>‘, this question is important because it probes into a significant indicator of ownership and agency.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>So, below is my question in table form, where GN = Global North and GS = Global South, and the intended goal is to have a percentage in each cell. For example, in 1960, we would need to know, based on the total number of people working in the humanitarian sector, what percentage are from the ‘Global North’ and work in the ‘Global South’, and so on.<\/p>\n

Laying this out is the easy part. \u00a0Getting reasonably accurate numbers to populate each cell will be challenging, to say the least, especially for 1960, 1980, and, clearly, 2040.<\/p>\n

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Critical questions of definition
\n<\/strong>Looking at the above, many questions arise, some are matters of definition, and others more general in nature.<\/p>\n