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Humanitarian Portfolio Allocation Under Uncertainty

Aryan Patel · 2026

Abstract

A framework for allocating limited humanitarian resources across programs and regions while accounting for uncertainty, concentration risk, and diminishing marginal benefit. The work examines where financial portfolio concepts transfer to humanitarian objectives and where donor restrictions, mission constraints, and uncertain impact change the allocation problem. Research in progress; no completed findings are claimed.