Introduction

Silvia Hidalgo and Augusto López-Claros

A chapter in The Humanitarian Response Index 2007, 2008, pp 77-77 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The Humanitarian Response Index is based, in part, on a survey of implementing agencies working in eight humanitarian crises across the globe. The Survey collected over 1,000 responses assessing OECD DAC donor performance in these countries in relation to the Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) Principles. The eight crises represent a variety of disasters and complex emergencies resulting from natural hazards and violence and conflict, in different phases of the humanitarian response, and with contrasting levels of funding. The following reports, based on field missions conducted by DARA teams in 2007, review the key features and debates surrounding the causes and nature of the crises, the international donor response, and the implementation of humanitarian action on the ground. They therefore illustrate the complexity of humanitarian operations and the challenges faced in putting the GHD Principles into practice.

Keywords: Development Economic; International Economic; Natural Hazard; Development Policy; International Business (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230287679_6

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