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This global pandemic could transform humanitarianism forever: Here’s how

In humanitarian response, there will be a ‘before’ and ‘after’ COVID-19,” Ed Schenkenberg van Mierop, executive director of the think tank HERE-Geneva, wrote in late March

But as the crisis born of this global pandemic has evolved, some of the promises of deep transformation in a humanitarian aid sector that has long resisted reform have proven overly optimistic at least so far.

Here are 13 ways the pandemic may change the future of humanitarianism and the forces of resistance that may get in the way.