Risk in Humanitarian Action: Towards a Common Approach?

Author(s)
Metcalfe,V. Martin, E. and Pantuliano, S.
Publication language
English
Pages
6pp
Date published
01 Jan 2011
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Development & humanitarian aid, Protection, human rights & security
Organisations
ODI
This paper explores the range of contextual, programmatic
and institutional risks involved in humanitarian action, and
how these risks are viewed and managed by the humanitarian
community. The underlying assumption of this paper is that
adopting a common approach to risk may enable a more
sophisticated under-standing of the risks inherent in a particular
context, and more effective management of those risks.