The humanitarian crisis in Somalia continues to deteriorate. Five consecutive failed rainy seasons have produced the worst drought in 40 years. A sixth season of below-average rainfall is expected...
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Perceptions of crisis and response: A synthesis of evaluations of the response to the 2005 Pakistan earthquake
John Cosgrave and Maurice Herson 4.1 Introduction Evaluation Syntheses in previous ALNAP Reviews of Humanitarian Action have revealed few surprises, an indication that most of what is right and wrong...
Evaluación conjunta de la protección de los derechos fundamentales de los refugiados durante la pandemia de COVID-19 (Resumen Ejecutivo)
Resumen Ejecutivo La Evaluación conjunta de la protección de los derechos fundamentales de los refugiados du-rante la pandemia de COVID-19 fue encargada bajo los auspicios de la Coalición de la...
Evaluation conjointe de la protection des droits des réfugiés pendant la pandémie de COVID-19 (Résumé analytique)
Résumé analytique C’est sous les auspices de la Coalition pour l’évaluation internationale du COVID-19 que l’on a réalisé la présente Evaluation conjointe de la protection des droits fondamentaux des...
Joint evaluation of the protection of the rights of refugees during the COVID-19 pandemic (May 2022) [EN/AR]
Executive summary This Joint Evaluation of the Protection of the Fundamental Rights of Refugees during the COVID-19 Pandemic was commissioned under the auspices of the COVID-19 Global Evaluation...
The Gaza Resilience Programme: ICRC’s urban approach in practice
Decades of Israeli–Palestinian hostilities, an occupation and internal political divisions have fuelled a complex protracted crisis in the occupied Palestinian Territories (oPT). With challenges in...
Adapting humanitarian action to the effects of climate change: An ALNAP Lessons Paper
Summary Adapting humanitarian action to the effects of climate change: an ALNAP lessons paper Humanitarian agencies need to reflect on the past, learn from the present and actively imagine the (near...
Liberia + 2 more
Responding to Ebola epidemics: An ALNAP Lessons Paper
Gentiane Lamoure and Hélène Juillard Introduction Despite the eradication of major infectious diseases such as smallpox in 1979, ‘epidemics [of infectious diseases] are occurring more often, and...
SOHS 2018 Case Study: Yemen
This case study is one in a series of five research pieces which fed into the analysis for The State of the Humanitarian System 2018.This research was conducted and written in April 2018. Executive...
Kenya + 1 more
SOHS 2018 Case Study: Kenya
This case study is one in a series of five research pieces which fed into the analysis for The State of the Humanitarian System 2018.This research was conducted and written in April 2018. Executive...
Bangladesh + 1 more
SOHS 2018 Case Study: Bangladesh
This case study is one in a series of five research pieces which fed into the analysis for The State of the Humanitarian System 2018.This research was conducted and written in April 2018. Executive...
Adapting According to Plan: Early action and adaptive drought response in Kenya (April 2019)
Alice Obrecht Executive Summary Early action in crises caused by drought is aimed at ‘recognizing and managing the risk of drought, rather than waiting for it to affect vulnerable communities’ (IFRC,...
Liberia + 2 more
Learning from the Ebola Response in cities: Responding in the context of quarantine
Executive Summary The West African Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in 2014/15 posed a number of urban-specific challenges to humanitarians responding to the crisis. One of these related to...
Philippines + 2 more
Synthesis of key findings from Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations (IAHEs) of the international responses to crises in the Philippines (Typhoon Haiyan), South Sudan and the Central African Republic
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations (IAHEs) are a relatively new innovation, related to the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Transformative Agenda and triggered...
World + 3 more
Adapting to an Urban World - Tailoring food security and livelihood assessments for urban settings
By 2008, for the first time in history more people lived in cities than in rural areas. Today the world’s urban population stands at about 3.9 billion, but it is expected to surpass six billion...
Türkiye + 2 more
Strangers in Strange Lands: An Assessment of Arab Refugees and IDPs in Non-Arab Host Communities in Iraq and Turkey
This self-commissioned report – researched in partnership with IRIS – appraises and compares the living conditions and access to services of Syrian refugees and Iraqi IDPs in non-Arab host...
Nepal Earthquake Response: Lessons for operational agencies
In the aftermath of the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal, this paper looks at lessons drawn from previous comparable disasters and seeks to provide invaluable information and assistance to the...
Urban WASH in Emergencies
From the 24 – 28 March 2014, RedR held a pilot course for 24 WASH experts on the subject of addressing the social, institutional and technical gaps that currently exist for water, sanitation and...
Lessons for response to Typhoon Haiyan
Many ALNAP Member organisations are currently working with Philippine Government agencies and civil society to support the estimated 9.8 million people affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines...
Ethiopia + 2 more
Desastres de comienzo lento. Sequía, inseguridad alimentaria e inseguridad en los medios de sustento - Lessons papers ALNAP
Este estudio proporciona una síntesis sobre lecciones clave aprendidas a partir de evaluaciones de respuestas de emergencia y de recuperación ante desastres de comienzo lento previos. Dedica especial...