Only five countries (Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden) have met the United Nations' target of providing 0.7 percent of their gross national income in aid to poor countries.

I've met amazing people, who in the midst of disaster themselves, give the little they have. In Pakistan we met a man who took 30 displaced strangers into his house and looked after them until his own finances ran out.

The UN has designated August 19th the inaugural World Humanitarian Day, to honor aid workers and the jobs they do in difficult and dangerous environments. Here is a slideshow to mark the event.

It is time to implement interventions that are tailored to the local context, that build on the refugees' existing skills, and that match local market demand.

It is often said that a picture can speak a thousand words. But what I saw there were no words to describe.

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The United States has transferred $200 million to the Palestinian government to help ease a growing budget deficit, U.S. S...

By Bill Ryan SWABI, Pakistan - Tajbibi was so weak by the time she got to the maternity clinic that the 19-year-old mother "fainted every time she ha...

Poverty in Africa will be eliminated not by aid, but by entrepreneurial job creation, by real entrepreneurs creating scalable enterprises that will ultimately create millions of jobs.

UNITED NATIONS — The Sudanese government is allowing four aid organizations expelled from the country after its president was accused of war cri...

While there is much talk about physical suffering like hunger and illness, we often overlook the psychological impact of poverty, particularly on the elderly and people with disabilities.

Israel's siege is achieving the exact opposite of what it hoped. The tougher life gets, the more spiritual Gazans become, thus driving the people toward religion -- an area Hamas knows a lot about managing.

How do I reconcile the many opportunities and experiences I am able to enjoy with the reality most Palestinians live with?

"Mr Gul and his family fled with literally just the clothes on their backs and are crammed into a small tent without blankets or any possessions."

Civilians are seen with suspicion by both warring sides, and accused of being collaborators. People had no choice but to leave their villages -- but also had nowhere really safe to go.

It is no longer acceptable for the humanitarian system to distribute dried beans and expect women to risk being attacked and even raped as they collect the firewood they need to cook.

Piracy is not only disrupting international trade, it is preventing the flow of humanitarian aid to several million Somalis and is perpetuating the very culture that kept Somalia in an abyss of anarchy.

Climate change might be inevitable, but according to an Oxfam report, the number of people who die and are made destitute due to ensuing natural disas...

Soaring violence in Somalia and Afghanistan helped make 2008 the most dangerous year on record for aid workers, with 122 killed while carrying out the...

The silence from world leaders on this potential death sentence for the millions of Sudanese trapped in IDP camps has been deafening.

The United Nations Security Council is to meet to discuss Sudan's decision to expel several aid groups from the country following the indictment of it...