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International food aid is a longstanding, valuable instrument for responding to food emergencies around the world. Over the past decade or so, the food assistance toolbox has expanded significantly, beyond the traditional shipment of commodities from donor countries. In order to speed up delivery and reduce costs, most donors now buy a majority of their food aid commodities in the developing world, a practice known as local or regional purchase or procurement (LRP).

Claudia Meier • C.S.R. Murthy
GPPi Research Paper No. 13

Introduction

To reach this goal, the evaluation team included a strong participatory component in the evaluation exercise and

Background, scope and method

On January 12th 2010, an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 on the Richter scale struck Haiti's capital Port-au- Prince and its surrounding areas. The earthquake had devastating effects: an estimated 230,0001 people were killed, with many left injured and homeless. Material loss is reported to be equivalent to more than 100% of Haiti's national income.2 More than 2 million displaced persons3 sought refuge in spontaneous settlements in and around the capital, with host families, and in rural

On May 2 and 3, 2008, Myanmar was hit by a cyclone of unprecedented force, which had devastating effects on the Irrawaddy Delta and, to a lesser extent, Yangon. It is believed that 2.4 million people were severely affected by the cyclone. Given the scale of humanitarian needs created by Cyclone Nargis, the cluster approach was rolled-out rapidly in the first few days to ensure a coordinated response from the international community. Eleven clusters were activated by the end of June 2009, when they merged into a new coordination mechanism, namely Delta Recovery Groups.

This report is one of six country reports of the global Cluster Approach Evaluation Phase 2, for which a global synthesis report is also being produced. The evaluation assesses the operational effectiveness and the main outcomes of the cluster approach, as well as its interactions with other pillars of humanitarian reform. The report seeks to identify the added value of the cluster approach since its introduction in Haiti in early 2008 and to derive lessons for both improving the cluster system in Haiti and similar contexts in which the approach might be used

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This report assesses the operational effectiveness and main outcomes of the cluster approach in Uganda. It is

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