DARA Humanitarian Response Index 2010

Publication language
English
Date published
01 Jan 2010
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Accountability and Participation, Accountability to affected populations (AAP), Funding and donors, System-wide performance
Countries
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central African Republic, Colombia, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Haiti, Indonesia, Philippines, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Organisations
DARA

The Humanitarian Response Index (HRI) 2010 provides an independent and objective assessment of how well the world’s main donor governments are supporting aid efforts. The report reveals increasing politicization and militarization of humanitarian aid by governments, which is compromising aid efforts to assist vulnerable populations and endangering humanitarian workers. The report urges donor governments to adopt a more principled approach in their assistance, and respect the Good Humanitarian Donorship principles as an essential step to make humanitarian aid more effective.

Part One: The Humanitarian Response Index 2010
The Humanitarian Response Index (HRI) report, published by DARA since 2007, examines responses to crises to assess how the world´s main donor governments – 23 members of the OECD´s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) – face the challence of ensuring that their aid money is used effectively and efficiently in order to maximize the benfits for those affected.

Part Two: Donor Assessments
Assessment of each of the 23 OECD/DAC donors against the Principles of Good Humanitarian Donorship.

Part Three: Crisis Reports
Crisis reports specifically illustrate the constraints and challenges that humanitarian actors face within the context of each crisis studied, with the inherent goal of identifying where improvements are needed in the global provision of humanitarian aid.