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Lessons Papers

ALNAP promotes sector-wide learning between humanitarian organisations and from previous experiences to improve the performance of humanitarian action. One way that ALNAP does this is by circulating lessons papers in response to recent humanitarian crises. These are predominantly based on the evaluation findings held in ALNAP’s evaluative reports database, and draw on additional material as appropriate.

Some lessons papers below have been submitted by ALNAP members or produced in collaboration with other organisations. Others have been commissioned by the ALNAP secretariat.

Flood Disasters 2008

Flood Disasters: learning from previous relief and recovery operations January 2008 by Khurshid Alam published by ALNAP/Provention Consortium

Slow-onset Disasters 2007

Slow-onset disasters: drought and food and livelihoods insecurity. Learning from previous relief and recovery responses June 2007 by Kerren Hedlund published by ALNAP/Provention Consortium

South Asia Earthquake 2005

South Asia Earthquake 2005: Learning from Previous Recovery Operations December 2005 by Tony Beck published by ALNAP/Provention Consortium Spanish Urdu

South Asia Earthquake 2005: Learning from Previous Earthquakes September 2005 by Tony Beck published by ALNAP/Provention Consortium

Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004

Tsunami Emergency - Lessons from Previous Natural Disasters January 2005 by Rachel Houghton (includes Oxfam Case Study on Cash Responses, 2001)

Liberia Crisis 2003

Key Lessons from Evaluations of Humanitarian Action in Liberia September 2003 by Rachel Houghton

Iraq 2003

Iraq and Rehabilitation: Lessons from Previous Evaluations May 2003 by Niels Dabelstein and Rob Van Den Berg

Afghanistan 2001

Aid Responses to Afghanistan: Lessons from Previous Evaluations 12-13th December 2001 Submitted by Niels Dabelstein, Chair of the DAC Working Party on Aid Evaluation to the DAC Senior Level Meeting

Flood disasters 2008
Slow-onset disasters 2007
Earthquakes 2005
Tsunami 2004
Liberia Crisis 2003
Iraq 2003
Afghanistan 2001

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