Australia
HRI

Australia ranks 13th in this year’s Humanitarian Response Index (HRI). Based on the patterns of its scores it is classified as Group 2 donor. This classification allows Australia to compare its performance, not only to all other Organisation for Economic Co- [...] Read more...

Finland
HRI

Finland ranks 11th in this year’s Humanitarian Response Index. Based on its scores it is classified as Group 1 donor. This classification allows Finland to compare its performance, not only to all other Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development/ Development [...] Read more...

Colombia
HRI

The crisis and the response Colombia has the world’s second highest number of IDPs: around five million have been displaced by conflict. Denying the existence of an armed conflict, the Colombian government discourages international attention and rejects [...] Read more...

Switzerland
HRI

Switzerland ranks 7th in this year’s Humanitarian Response Index. Based on its scores it is classified as Group 1 donor. This classification allows Switzerland to compare its performance, not only to all other Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development [...] Read more...

The Central African Republic
HRI

Still off the humanitarian radar This year, DARA selected the Central African Republic (CAR) as a pilot mission. During the field mission (19-26 November 2009), a new survey and other research tools were tested. Below is a summary of the main findings of our [...] Read more...

Philippines
HRI

The crisis and the response In 2009, typhoons in Luzon affected 8.2 million people. The impact of unresolved conflict in Mindanao left hundreds of thousands displaced. The Luzon response was rapid: resources arrived within days as the US Army helped [...] Read more...

Overall Donor Response
HRI

The Humanitarian Response Index helps governments and civil society to monitor the quality and effectiveness of donors and ensure that humanitarian funding has the greatest possible impact for people in need. The HRI 2010 report draws on extensive independent [...] Read more...

European Commission
HRI

The European Commission (EC) ranks 6th in this year’s Humanitarian Response Index. Based on its scores it is classified as a Group 2 donor. This classification allows the EC to compare its performance, not only to all Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development [...] Read more...

Indonesia
HRI

The crisis and the response Indonesia suffered two devastating earthquakes (in West Java and West Sumatra) in September 2009, triggering drastically different responses. As the government did not welcome assistance for West Java, feeling that it could [...] Read more...

Democratic Republic of the Congo
HRI

The crisis and the response Limited progress in finding durable solutions for 1.8 million IDPs and 440,000 refugees displaced by protracted conflict. Humanitarian crisis continues due to slow progress on security reform, restoration of state authority [...] Read more...