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UN ISDR: ‘Chronic amnesia’ on lessons learned from Pakistan floods
Source: UN ISDR A major review of the 2010 and 2011 Pakistani floods is calling on donors to be more generous in their support for disaster preparedness and early recovery, and to help Pakistani NGOs to play a bigger role in crisis response. The Humanitarian [...] Read more...
AlertNet: Pakistan’s cities wake up to climate threats
Source: AlertNet By Saleem Shaikh and Sughra Tunio KARACHI, Pakistan (AlertNet) – Alerts last June from the Pakistan Meteorological Department about a fast-approaching tropical cyclone, urging the evacuation of communities along the coastline of the southern [...] Read more...
Chad HRI
Old remedies no longer effective An HRI team visited the crisis and found that the priority in Chad should now be to cover all humanitarian needs and take the appropriate steps to assure the transition to development. The team interviewed humanitarian organisations [...] Read more...
Podcast: Riccardo Polastro on the IASC Evaluation of Somalia 
Listen to a podcast interview with Riccardo Polastro on the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) evaluation of the humanitarian response in South Central Somalia 2005-2010. The evaluation has been described as one of the most comprehensive evaluations of [...] Read more...
New Report: Evaluation of Humanitarian Response in South Central Somalia
DARA publishes the report of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Evaluation of the Humanitarian Response in South Central Somalia 2005-2010. Read more...
AlertNet: Elections won’t solve Congo’s humanitarian woes – report
Source: Alertnet By Megan Rowling LONDON (AlertNet) - This month's elections in Democratic Republic of Congo are unlikely to resolve years of conflict, weak state institutions and a lack of capacity to address people's basic needs, a report from humanitarian [...] Read more...
Tico Times: Figueres – Foreign investment key for Haiti
José María Figueres, Former President of Costa Rica and DARA Board Member, was interviewed by Tico Times about the needs of Haiti, and mentions DARA: “For many years, I have been involved with a Spanish international organization called DARA, which specializes in measuring the impact of humanitarian policies, programs and projects, with the belief that if we don’t measure what we do, we can’t achieve progress.” Read more...
OCHA Video: Pakistan Floods Real-Time Evaluation 
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has published a video on the Real-Time Evaluation of the humanitarian response to the 2010 Pakistan floods carried out by DARA Read more...
AlertNet: “Sticking plaster” response to Palestinian Territories fails population
Source: Alertnet By Astrid Zweynert LONDON (AlertNet) - As the United Nations considers the Palestinian application for statehood, a hard-hitting report describes the humanitarian response in the Palestinian Territories as akin to a "sticking plaster" and [...] Read more...