Humanitarian Response Index 2008

Humanitarian Response Index 2008

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The purpose of this annual report is to develop an index of good humanitarian donorship that will measure donors' effectiveness against their commitment to the Principles and Good Practise of Humanitarian Donorship.
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The purpose of this annual report is to develop an index of good humanitarian donorship that will measure donors' effectiveness against their commitment to the Principles and Good Practise of Humanitarian Donorship.

Foreword; Kofi Annan Acknowledgements; S. Hidalgo Executive Summary Part I - The Humanitarian Response Index 2008 Donor Accountability in Humanitarian Action; S. Hidalgo& P. Tamminga Part II - Perspectives on the HRI and Needs Assessments The United States as Humanitarian Actor; L. Minear Tale of Two Indices: The Commitment to Development Index as a Model for the Humanitarian Response Index; D. Roodman Humanitarian Funding and Needs Assessment; J. Cosgrave New Approaches to Needs Assessment: Comprehensive and Rolling Diagnosis; F. Grunewald The Giving-Receiving Relationship: Inherently Unequal?; M. B. Anderson Tackling Ignorance and Neglect: Advocacy for a Broader Humanitarian Response In the Central African Republic; T. Lanzer Part III - Crisis Report Introduction Afghanistan: A Security-Driven Agenda; M. Maranon& L. Fernandez Bangladesh: Prepared for New Disasters?; P. Tamminga The Central African Republic: Adversity in a Silent Crisis; S. Hidalgo Chad: Internal Power Struggles and Regional Humanitarian Crisis; R. Sole-Arques Colombia: The Displaced and the Forgotten; F. Espada Democratic Republic of the Congo; The Giant with Feet of Clay; G. Gasser Nicaragua: Living in the Eye of the Storm; S. Hidalgo The Occupied Palestinian Territories: A Political Crisis with Humanitarian Consequences; R. Sole-Arques Earthquake in Peru; R. Polastro Sri Lanka; A Forgotten Complex Emergency - Back to War Again; R. Polastro Sudan: A Tragedy of Epic Proportions; J. Herrera Part IV - Donor Profiles Introduction Donor Profiles Australia Austria Belgium Canada Denmark European Commission Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Japan Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States List of Acronyms Appendix: Questionnaire on Good Practice in Humanitarian Donorship Glossary About the Authors