The Guardian: Top aid donors score badly in responding to crises

Source: The Guardian  The Humanitarian Response Index says top donors fail to implement reforms to streamline emergency aid provision Aid donors have failed to address long-standing systematic problems in how they respond to disasters and emergencies [...] Read more...

Wednesday 7 March 2012

The Global Journal: The Gender Challenge In Humanitarian Response

Source: The Global Journal Humanitarian action inadequately takes into account gender issues. According to the 2011 Humanitarian Response Index released by DARA (March 7, 2012), there is a significant gap in understanding of the importance of gender concerns [...] Read more...

Wednesday 7 March 2012

CEPR: Evaluation of Donor Response to Haiti Earthquake Shows “Building Back Better” Nothing But a Slogan

Source: CEPR For the previous five years an independent organization, DARA, has been publishing the Humanitarian Response Index (HRI). The DARA website explains the HRI as “the world’s only independent tool for measuring the individual performance and commitment [...] Read more...

Wednesday 7 March 2012

New DARA Research on Humanitarian Aid from Donor Governments Finds Limited Progress

Humanitarian Response Index Identifies Persistent Systemic Issues: Lack of Prevention-Oriented Strategies; Insufficient Accountability; Slow Progress in De-Politicization of Aid Read more...

Wednesday 7 March 2012

Humanitarian Response Index 2011: Addressing the gender challenge

Mainstreaming gender, ensuring aid is focused on needs alone and investing in prevention and preparedness are all cost-effective measures. Putting the focus back where it belongs- on meeting the needs and respecting the capacities and priorities of affected populations- is the best way to maximize donor contributions and impact. Read more...

Wednesday 7 March 2012

Pillars and Indicators
HRI

The HRI uses both quantitative and qualitative data to build 35 indicators, organised into five pillars, which capture the essence of the Principles of Good Humanitarian Donorship. The pillars correspond to five basic questions: Pillar 1: Are donor responses [...] Read more...

Wednesday 7 March 2012

Los Angeles Times: Help for needy countries too often politicized, aid groups say

Source: Los Angeles Times When the United States and other nations open their wallets to help countries in need, some groups fear the donors' reasons are less than altruistic, according to a new report from a nonprofit that seeks to improve aid. Humanitarian [...] Read more...

Wednesday 7 March 2012

Focus on Haiti: Building back better?

Building back better? Two years after the earthquake that caused massive destruction to the country and two subsequent cholera epidemics, long-term recovery efforts are still inadequate. Hundreds of Haitians still live in temporary shelters, and the country [...] Read more...

Wednesday 7 March 2012