Keyword Archives: NGOs
One for All and All for One
A significant proportion of humanitarian assistance is now delivered by NGOs which have in effect become federated trans-national organizations, alliances of members from different countries, all seeking to provide assistance in times of crisis. This report describes research carried out to better understand how these transnational bodies organize their membership, deliver and accountability systems in times of crisis.
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: evidence-based practice, humanitarian action, NGOs
Humanitarian Agenda 2015: Nepal Country Study
In Nepal, the study’s four themes, and the perceptions of local communities related to them, come together in different ways than the other case studies.
Posted in Briefing Papers, Publications
Keywords: global war on terror, HA2015 Country Study, Humanitarian Agenda 2015, NGOs, terrorism, war
Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Assistance
Leaders in the humanitarian community have resolved to do more to address the risks of corruption in relief efforts. Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Assistance documents perceptions of corruption in humanitarian operations through interviews with staff of several leading international humanitarian NGOs. The study was commissioned by Transparency International (TI) and conducted jointly by the Feinstein International Center, the Humanitarian Policy Group at the Overseas Development Institute in London, and TI.
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: church, corruption, finance, humanitarian action, NGOs
Targeting in Complex Emergencies: Somalia Country Case Study
This study examined community participation throughout the food aid program cycle to understand the role of recipient communities in the targeting of food assistance under the conflict conditions in Somalia, a country that has not had a central government since the fall of the President Siad Barre in 1991.
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: church, corruption, finance, food security, humanitarian action, NGOs, programming, Targeting in Complex Emergencies
Cracking the Code: The genesis, use and future of the Code of Conduct
By P. Walker. Disasters Journal Vol 29, Issue 4 December 2005. Pages 323-326.
Posted in Peer-Reviewed Articles, Publications
Keywords: complex emergencies, NGOs
Ambiguity and Change
This study provides international NGOs with a rudimentary framework for strategic planning in the light of the likely challenges of ambiguity and change awaiting them during the next decade. It examines a series of hazard domains – environment, urbanization, migration, and HIV/AIDS – within which NGOs can exercise at least a modicum of control. It identifies other variables well beyond the capacity of NGOs to manage, including combinations of crises that cut across these individual domains and, more broadly still, civilization-changing events.
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: evidence-based practice, humanitarian action, NGOs, policy