Passing the Buck: The Economics of Localizing Aid in Ukraine (2024)

This study aims to ground truth the global findings, using actual data for the Ukraine response. The Ukraine Humanitarian Fund (UHF) is the largest pooled fund in the world, with a value of $181.2 million as of 2023. It has made important strides in shifting resources and leadership toward Ukrainian responders over the past year and a half, and this analysis is based on a representative sample of actual budgets from the UNOCHA Country Based Pooled Fund (CBPF) for 2023, representing 30% of total funding across UN, INGOs and LNGOs.