Humanitarian Response Index 2008: Donor Accountability in Humanitarian Action [Paperback]

The purpose of this annual report is to develop an index of good humanitarian donorship that will measure donors' effectiveness against their commitment to the Principles and Good Practise of Humanitarian Donorship. The index is intended to help the international donor community to better understand its strengths and weaknesses in order to improve the efficiency and quality of its donor activities and initiatives. The index is also expected to raise awareness about the increasingly important role of humanitarian action and associated good practices beyond its current core constituencies. We believe that this report offers significant potential to improve the quality of humanitarian aid, benefiting those most affected by both man-made and natural disasters.Foreword; Kofi Annan Acknowledgements; S. Hidalgo Executive Summary Part I  The Humanitarian Response Index 2008 Donor Accountability in Humanitarian Action; S. Hidalgo& P. Tamminga Part II  Perspectives on the HRI and Needs Assessments The United States as Humanitarian Actor; L. Minear Tale of Two Indices: The Commitment to Development Index as a Model for the Humanitarian Response Index; D. Roodman Humanitarian Funding and Needs Assessment; J. Cosgrave New Approaches to Needs Assessment: Comprehensive and Rolling Diagnosis; F. Gr?newald The Giving-Receiving Relationship: Inherently Unequal?; M. B. Anderson Tackling Ignorance and Neglect: Advocacy for a Broader Humanitarian Response In the Central African Republic; T. Lanzer Part III  Crisis Report Introduction Afghanistan: A Security-Driven Agenda; M. Mara??n& L. Fern?ndez Bangladesh: Prepared for New Disasters?; P. Tamminga The Central African Republic: Adversity in a Silent Crisis; S. Hidalgo Chad: Internal Power Struggles and Regional Humanitarian Crisis; R. Sol?-Arqu?s Colombia: The Displaced and the Forgotten; F. Espada Democratic Republic of the Congo; The Giant with Feet of Clay; G. Gasser Nicaragua: Living in the Eye of the Storm; S. Hidalgo Thlãâ