Conflict and humanitarian aid
- Uncharted territory: land, conflict, and humanitarian action
- S. Pantuliano;S. Elhawary / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2009
- This Policy Brief seeks to create awareness of the importance of land in a humanitarian crisis. The author argues that the end of a prolonged armed conflict will frequently see a large proportion of t...
- Towards good humanitarian government: the role of the affected state in disaster response
- P. Harvey / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2009
- This brief asserts that research relating to humanitarian crises has largely focused on what international aid agencies and donor governments do in response to disasters. Much less attention h...
- The role of the affected state in humanitarian action: A case study on India
- G. Price;M. Bhatt / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2009
- India is one of the largest and most vulnerable countries, in terms of exposure to natural hazards including floods, cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis or droughts. Reported direct losses from natural...
- A clash of principles? Humanitarian action and the search for stability in Pakistan
- Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2009
- This paper analyses how humanitarian action can be effected in the midst of Pakistan’s military offensive against Taliban insurgents in the west of the country - which has gene...
- The role of the affected state in humanitarian action: a case study on Indonesia
- B. Willits-King / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2009
- The Republic of Indonesia is a very large and diverse country, which is crucial in understanding its experience of and approach to humanitarian issues and disaster management. It consists of over 1...
- Providing aid in insecure environments: 2009 Update. Trends in violence against aid workers and the operational response
- A. Stoddard;A. Harmer;V. DiDomenico / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2009
- Attacks against aid workers are not new. Fragile, insecure environments frequently expose humanitarian operatives to a myriad of threats – whether they be political, economic or aggression en...
- Where to now? Agency expulsions in Sudan: consequences and next steps
- S. Pantuliano;S. Jaspars;D. Basu Ray / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2009
- Here ODI considers the impacts of the Sudanese government decision to expel a broad swathe of aid organisations from the country in March 2009. They detail a long list of potential consequences for...
- The role of the affected state in humanitarian action: a case study on Pakistan
- H. Cochrane / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2008
- This paper describes the role of the Pakistani state in humanitarian action. It looks at the structure and capacity of state institutions, in particular at the interesting balance of power between nat...
- Shifting sands: the search for ‘coherence’ between political and humanitarian responses to complex emergencies
- J. Macrae;N. Leader / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2000
- The early 1990s have seen increasing calls to enhance the coherence of political and humanitarian action. This report from ODI’s Humanitarian Policy Group examines the origins and evolution o...
- Need and greed: corruption risks, perceptions and prevention in humanitarian assistance
- Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2008
- Emergency environments present unique corruption risks for agencies operating within them. Relief is delivered amidst weak or absent rule of law, endemic corruption and immense need. This short pol...
