The Financial Tracking Service is a global, on-line, real-time database of humanitarian funding needs andcontributions. It serves to improve resource allocation decisions and advocacy, by clearly indicating to whatextent populations in crisis receive humanitarian aid, and in what proportion to needs. The FTS offers a seriesof analytical tables that show humanitarian aid flows to specific crises, and also allows users to producecustom tables on demand. It covers all countries for which humanitarian funding is reported. FTS is managedby OCHA and located on www. reliefweb. int/fts.