A new report provides evidence that accountability mechanisms improve the value for money, effectiveness, relevance, and sustainability of humanitarian and development projects.

Le présent rapport propose une cartographie et une analyse systémiques des résultats de l’assistance humanitaire internationale. Le rapport pilote sur l’état du système humanitaire (ESH) a été publié en 2010 et couvrait les années 2007 et 2008. Ce rapport comprend des statistiques descriptives pour les deux années suivantes, 2009 et 2010, et dresse le bilan des évaluations des résultats de 2009 à la fin 2011, comparant les données de ces deux périodes.

WFP has joined the growing group of governments, NGOs and aid organizations that publish detailed data on activities and spending using common standards established by the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI).

ROME -- In a step which underlines the organization’s commitment to accountability, WFP this week became the 150th publisher of open, IATI-standard data which can be viewed through the IATI website. WFP joins other UN organizations such as Unicef, UN Women and UNDP on the expanding list.

ADDIS ABABA, 6 June 2013 (IRIN) - Ten years ago, a shipping container was converted into Ethiopia’s first HIV treatment centre, in Addis Ababa, the capital. Created in response to a dramatic rise in new HIV infections and AIDS -related deaths, the centre offered the only hope for HIV-positive Ethiopians, who had to pay to access the life-prolonging antiretroviral therapy (ART).

Since 2012 the DRC has witnessed a constant increase in the number of internally displaced people, up from 1.7 million in December 2011 to more than 2.6 million in April 2013. The east of the country has remained very unstable due to the presence of various armed groups and militias.

The UN's Central Emergency Response Fund dispersed US$485 million to projects in 49 countries and territories in 2012 – the highest amount since its inception.

REGIONAL OVERVIEW

Situation Overview

Refugees in Lebanon are scattered across the country with the largest concentrations of registered refugees living in North Lebanon (50%) and the Bekaa Valley (38%). There are no camps in Lebanon, but most refugees are hosted or living in rented spaces, and 13% live in collective shelters and tented settlements.

JOHANNESBURG, May 17 2013 (IPS) - Commentators and business leaders in South Africa believe that the recent announcement of an end to the United Kingdom’s aid programme to South Africa may be the start of a new trend to cut back on aid to this country, and possibly to the rest of Africa.

“This British announcement was not entirely unexpected,” Neren Rau, the head of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, told IPS.