Report
18 November, 2022

More than the sum of the parts?

Subject / Coordination / Capacity building /
More than sum of parts
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More than the sum of the parts? Collective leadership vs individual agency in humanitarian action

At the global level, there have been strong commitments to collective humanitarian action, especially since the World Humanitarian Summit and Grand Bargain agreement. But evidence suggests that these commitments are not always translated into reality. Why is this? This paper argues that an important reason is that collective leadership is not realised to its full potential.