Nine charts that show why the UN's humanitarian appeal costs $20bn
With the UN appeal for 2016 being announced at $20.1bn, the largest ever, we look back through the last decade of appeal data
On Monday the UN issued the largest appeal for humanitarian funding that it has ever launched – over $20bn to fund aid and development next year in 37 countries.
But with the funding appeal having risen almost sixfold since 2005, when the UN sought $3.7bn, what has driven the costs up so dramatically? The UN says the rising costs reflect a crisis of unprecedented scale in difficult operating conditions, particularly with an increase in protracted crises and violent conflicts.
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