Inter-Agency Real Time Evaluation (IA RTE) of The Humanitarian Response to Pakistan's 2009 Displacement Crisis

This is the report of the real-time evaluation in May–June 2010 of the international humanitarian community’s response to the 2009–2010 internally displaced persons crisis in Pakistan. This response took place in a very complex environment, in which the government of Pakistan reluctantly mobilised the military to reassert control of the national territory. Given that the primary driving force of the military operation was the re-establishment of sovereignty, and that underlying causes of the security problems included international factors, it was not surprising that the government constrained the response of international humanitarian organisations. The report recommended that the international community should develop an active strategy of humanitarian diplomacy to work towards a more principled approach and less constrained humanitarian space in Pakistan, that the humanitarian community should reassess all existing programmes in Pakistan in terms of appropriateness of the type of assistance and target groups, and that donors should adequately fund recovery in the short term.