Countries
Sri Lanka HRI
The crisis and the response IDPs face multiple difficulties: destroyed homes, the danger of returning to areas not yet cleared of mines and challenges regaining land. By August 2010, 90 percent of the 280,000 Tamils forcibly interned after victory against [...] Read more...
Sweden HRI
Sweden ranks 5th in this year’s Humanitarian Response Index. Based on its scores it is classified as Group 1 donor. This classification allows Sweden to compare its performance, Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development / Development Assistance Committee [...] Read more...
Afghanistan HRI
The crisis and the response Several key actors are reluctant to acknowledge evidence of the extent of the humanitar ian crisis: increased insecurity, high displacement (at least 297,000 IDPs and 2.89 million refugees), growing food insecurity and disrespect [...] Read more...
Denmark HRI
Denmark ranks first in this year’s Humanitarian Response Index. Based on its scores it is classified as Group 1 donor. This classification allows Denmark to compare its performance, not only to all other Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development/ Development [...] Read more...
Luxembourg HRI
Luxembourg ranks 10th in this year’s Humanitarian Response Index (HRI). Based on the patterns of its scores, it is classified as Group 1 donor. This classification allows Denmark to compare its performance, not only to all other Organisation for Economic Co- [...] Read more...
The Netherlands HRI
The Netherlands ranks 9th in this year’s Humanitarian Response Index. Based on its scores it is classified as Group 1 donor. This classification allows the Netherlands to compare its performance, not only to all other Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development [...] Read more...
Greece HRI
Greece 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 its scores in quantitative indicators, however, it is classified [...] Read more...
La Información: Spain falls into the 17th spot in the ranking of the most efficient countries in humanitarian aid (Spanish)
Source: La Información -Los intereses políticos condicionan cada vez más la asistencia humanitaria, según un informe de la Fundación DARA Internacional MADRID, 07 (SERVIMEDIA) España se sitúa actualmente en el 17º puesto de los países que gestionan [...] Read more...
Diario SIGLO XXI: Spain is at the end of the line in humanitarian response efforts (Spanish)
Source: Diario SIGLO XXI BRUSELAS, 7 (EUROPA PRESS) La ayuda humanitaria de los gobiernos está cada vez más condicionada por intereses políticos, según un informe publicado este martes por la organización independiente DARA, que ha analizado la respuesta [...] Read more...
Jakarta Globe: Experts say Indonesia very vulnerable to climate change
Source: Jakarta Globe Cancun, Mexico. Though Indonesia is not at high risk of extreme weather events, an expert said on Tuesday that the country’s vulnerability to environment disaster magnified the potential risk. Armi Susandi, an Indonesian meteorological [...] Read more...