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Inter-agency Real Time Evaluation (IA RTE) of the Humanitarian Response to the Floods in Pakistan EVAL
This evaluation was listed by UNICEF as one of the best evaluations in recent years. The evaluation was commissioned by the Inter‐Agency Standing Committee (IASC), funded by OCHA and undertaken by a team of four evaluators between January and March 2011. [...] Read more...
The Economist: Ross Mountain on the systematic international failure to anticipate and respond to the crisis in the Horn of Africa
Source: The Economist We received this interesting insight on the famine in the Horn of Africa from the head of DARA, an organisation that evaluates humanitarian aid operations: SIR – Your article on the situation in the Horn of Africa is sadly correct: [...] Read more...
HRI 2011 field research: Colombia
In spite of relevant political initiatives, notably the Victims and Land Restoration Law fostered by new President Juan Manuel Santos, humanitarian needs in Colombia are still acute. The deteriorating security situation since 2008, following a period of intense [...] Read more...
Colombia HRI
Changes and expectations The new government’s approach and acknowledgment of the armed conflict offers an unprecedented opportunity for the humanitarian community, in particular donor governments, to provide a more straightforward and coherent response. [...] Read more...
August 2011: Action needed to avoid the already vulnerable to become more so
A year after Pakistan suffered one of the worst natural disasters that we can recall, followed by one of the largest appeals at over $2 billion in the history of the United Nations, the country faces a new monsoon spell. The rains, which could Read more...
Kenya HRI
Invest in prevention: A recipe for the future Kenya has become trapped in a cycle of vulnerability aggravated by government corruption and politicised aid. An HRI team visited Kenya from 20 to 25 February and found a pressing need for greater investment in [...] Read more...
AlertNet Op-ed: Haiti- Now is the time to work on gender issues
We all know that women and girls living in areas of armed conflict and disaster suffer the worst consequences of crises due to their heightened vulnerability. Why then does our field research in crises such as Haiti offer such a bleak perspective on gender as a priority for all humanitarian actors? Read Ross Mountain's Op-ed at AlertNet. Read more...
Australia overhauls aid framework
The Australian government recently released a new aid framework based on the results of the Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness – the first review of Australia’s aid in 15 years. Following a public consultation process to which DARA contributed, the new [...] Read more...