DARA (Development Assistance Research Associates) 
Humanitarian Response Index 2008 
Donor Accountability in Humanitarian Action

The purpose of this annual report is to develop an index of good humanitarian donorship that will measure donors’ effectiveness against their commitment to the Principles and Good Practise of Humanitarian Donorship. The index is intended to help the international donor community to better understand its strengths and weaknesses in order to improve the efficiency and quality of its donor activities and initiatives. The index is also expected to raise awareness about the increasingly important role of humanitarian action and associated good practices beyond its current core constituencies. We believe that this report offers significant potential to improve the quality of humanitarian aid, benefiting those most affected by both man-made and natural disasters.

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Foreword; Kofi Annan Acknowledgements; S. Hidalgo Executive Summary Part I – The Humanitarian Response Index 2008 Donor Accountability in Humanitarian Action; S. Hidalgo& P. Tamminga Part II – Perspectives on the HRI and Needs Assessments The United States as Humanitarian Actor; L. Minear Tale of Two Indices: The Commitment to Development Index as a Model for the Humanitarian Response Index; D. Roodman Humanitarian Funding and Needs Assessment; J. Cosgrave New Approaches to Needs Assessment: Comprehensive and Rolling Diagnosis; F. Grünewald The Giving-Receiving Relationship: Inherently Unequal?; M. B. Anderson Tackling Ignorance and Neglect: Advocacy for a Broader Humanitarian Response In the Central African Republic; T. Lanzer Part III – Crisis Report Introduction Afghanistan: A Security-Driven Agenda; M. Marañón& L. Fernández Bangladesh: Prepared for New Disasters?; P. Tamminga The Central African Republic: Adversity in a Silent Crisis; S. Hidalgo Chad: Internal Power Struggles and Regional Humanitarian Crisis; R. Solé-Arqués Colombia: The Displaced and the Forgotten; F. Espada Democratic Republic of the Congo; The Giant with Feet of Clay; G. Gasser Nicaragua: Living in the Eye of the Storm; S. Hidalgo The Occupied Palestinian Territories: A Political Crisis with Humanitarian Consequences; R. Solé-Arqués Earthquake in Peru; R. Polastro Sri Lanka; A Forgotten Complex Emergency – Back to War Again; R. Polastro Sudan: A Tragedy of Epic Proportions; J. Herrera Part IV – Donor Profiles Introduction Donor Profiles Australia Austria Belgium Canada Denmark European Commission Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Japan Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States List of Acronyms Appendix: Questionnaire on Good Practice in Humanitarian Donorship Glossary About the Authors

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DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE RESEARCH ASSOCIATES (DARA) is an independent non-profit organization committed to improving the quality of development aid and humanitarian action through evaluation. DARA’s mission includes optimising the impact of the efforts against poverty and promoting the beneficiaries’ participation and empowerment, through the presentation of alternatives that combine the interests of all partners involved in the processes in which DARA intervenes. Silvia Hidalgo is the Director of DARA.