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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Humanitarian response index 2007. [Basingstoke, Eng. : New York ] ; Palgrave Macmillan, c2008 (OCoLC)609212655 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Silvia Hidalgo; Augusto López-Claros; Development Assistance Research Associates. |
| ISBN: | 9780230573475 0230573479 |
| OCLC Number: | 182737305 |
| Notes: | At head of title: Development Assistance Research Associates - DARA. |
| Description: | xiv, 214 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Contents: | The Humanitarian Response Index -- The Humanitarian Response Index 2007 / Laura Altinger, Silvia Hidalgo, and Augusto Lopez-Claros -- Perspectives on Good Humanitarian Donorship -- The Birth of Good Humanitarian Donorship / Johan Schaar -- Progress on the Front Lines / Jan Egeland -- Opening Space for Long-Term Development in Fragile Environments / Sarah Cliffe and Charles Petrie -- The Media-Driven Humanitarian Response: Public Perceptions and Humanitarian Realities as Two Faces of the Same Coin / Michel Ogrizek -- Crisis Reports -- Colombia: A Crisis Concealed / Silvia Hidalgo -- Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sick Giant of Africa / Gilles Gasser -- Haiti: Violence, Gangs, and a Fragile State on the Brink of Crisis / Ricardo Sole -- Lebanon: Crisis of Civilian Protection -- Niger: Crisis of Acute Protracted Poverty and Vulnerability / Marta Maranon -- Pakistan: Testing Reform of the Humanitarian System / Riccardo Polastro -- Sudan: From One Crisis to Another -- Timor-Leste: Relapse and Open Wounds / Sivia Hidalgo -- Summary: 2006 - A Year of Emergencies -- Donor Profiles / Laura Altinger and Daniela Ruegenberg -- Questionaire on Good Practice in Humanitarian Donorship. |
| Responsibility: | [compiled by] Silvia Hidalgo, Augusto López-Claros. |
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Useful for Aid Agencies, Foreign Aid Agencies, Overseas Development Programmes, Governments, NGOs working on Humanitarian and Development Issues, Ministries of Development, Foreign Ministries, Planning Ministries, Economists and Consultants. Academics, Researchers and Libraries and students, particularly in the areas of Development Studies.
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'I firmly believe that the Humanitarian Response Index will serve as a crucial tool to help ensure that no disaster is ignored, and that every dollar spent helps those most in need.' Kofi A. Annan, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations. Read more...
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