Research process
HRI

Between November 2009 and June 2010, HRI field teams interviewed 475 senior representatives of humanitarian organisations working in the 14 crisis-affected countries studied this year. Teams met the majority of the operational response agencies that receive donor [...] Read more...

France
HRI

France ranks 15th in this year’s Humanitarian Response Index. Based on its scores it is classified as Group 3 donor. This classification allows France to compare its performance, not only to all other Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development/ Development [...] Read more...

Haiti
HRI

The crisis and the response The US military’s post-earthquake management of entry to Haiti prioritised US flights and expensive search and rescue missions and delayed the response of experienced actors. l An influx of small, often in-experienced, INGOs [...] Read more...

Portugal
HRI

Portugal is not included in the overall ranking of this year’s Humanitarian Response Index, as insufficient survey responses were obtained to calculate the qualitative indicators of the index. Based on the patterns of its scores in quantitative indicators, however [...] Read more...

Ireland
HRI

Ireland ranks 2nd in this year’s Humanitarian Response Index. Based on its scores it is classified as Group 2 donor. This classification allows Ireland to compare its performance, Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development/ Development Assistance Committee [...] Read more...

Italy
HRI

Italy ranks 20th in this year’s Humanitarian Response Index. Based on of its scores it is classified as Group 3 donor. This classification allows Italy to compare its performance, not only to all other Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development / Development [...] Read more...

United Kingdom
HRI

The United Kingdom (UK) ranks 8th in this year’s Humanitarian Response Index (HRI). Based on its scores it is classified as a Group 2 donor. This classification allows the UK to compare its performance, not only to all other Organisation for Economic Co-operation [...] Read more...

Sudan
HRI

The crisis and the response Sudan has world’s largest IDP population: at least 4.9 million. Protracted displacement has accelerated urbanisation and created an assistance-dependent population with limited capacity for self-sufficiency. More people [...] Read more...

New Zealand
HRI

New Zealand ranks 3rd 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...

Belgium
HRI

Belgium ranks 18th in this year’s Humanitarian Response Index (HRI). Based on the patterns of its scores it is classified as Group 3 donor. This classification allows Belgium to compare its performance, not only to all other Organisation for Economic Co-operation [...] Read more...