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Risk Reduction Index launch
Andrew Maskrey, on the Risk Reduction Index Listen to our interview with Andrew Maskrey, UN International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (ISDR), Coordinator of the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, on DARA´s recently launched Risk [...] Read more...
Haiti one year on
A word from Ross Mountain As we look back a year later on the tragic events in Haiti, what have we learned? Typically after a major disaster like this, there are a plethora of evaluations. DARA itself visited Haiti in 2010 and will do so again in 2011. The challenge [...] Read more...
Forced Migration Review: Democratic Republic of Congo: Past. Present. Future?
Source: Forced Migration Review Democratic Republic of Congo: Past. Present. Future? Too big to fail Ross Mountain The UN integrated mission in DRC and the piloting of humanitarian reform there have been necessarily innovative in a challenging [...] Read more...
December 2010: Adopting a principled approach- The most effective way of having an efficient humanitarian response.
In the course of this last year an estimated 350 million people were affected by major disasters, conflicts and crises. There are currently 10 million refugees, 27 million internally displaced and scores of millions more have their lives disrupted. Read more...
Humanitarian Response Index 2010 reveals increasing politicisation of aid
A significant number of humanitarian organizations believe that the donor governments that fund them are not keeping humanitarian assistance independent of political, economic or military objectives, according to DARA’s Humanitarian Response Index 2010 report, launched during the European Development Days in Brussels. Read more...
Successful Cancun Climate Conference Outcome only First Step: Urgency Remains
• Decisions taken at the UN Climate Conference at Cancun (COP16) are inadequate to deal with the full scope of the humanitarian consequences of climate change • Agreements arrived at COP16 nevertheless demonstrate that global cooperation on all main areas [...] Read more...
November 2010: We need to provide more effective and targeted assistance to victims and stronger donor leadership
The importance and significance of donor governments is indispensable for ensuring both that affected populations receive the best assistance possible but also that the now considerable resources allocated to humanitarian aid are most effectively utilised. Read more...
Humanitarian Response Index 2010 Launched
DARA’s annual Humanitarian Response Index 2010 report, which ranks the effectiveness of donor governments’ humanitarian assistance, reveals that political priorities have impeded the delivery of vital humanitarian aid to millions of people in need. Read more...
