Network Paper 34: NGO Responses to Hurricane Mitch - Evaluations for Accountability and Learning

Author(s)
Grunewald, F., de Geoffroy, V. and Lister, S.
Publication language
English
Pages
35pp
Date published
01 Nov 2000
Type
Evaluation reports
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Disaster preparedness, Disasters, Food and nutrition, Health, Shelter and housing
Countries
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Organisations
ODI
Link
http://www.odihpn.org/documents/networkpaper034.pdf

 

What this paper does offer is:
- a synthesis of key attention and learning points from the response to Hurricane Mitch. Most are, in general terms, transferable to other crisis responses;
- an example of inter-agency NGO evaluations, and their potential value for organisational learning;
- an example of the sorts of questions that evaluations pose, and ideas for designing evaluations; and
- an analysis of the role of inter-agency platforms in public appeals and fund management.