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ALNAP Lessons Papers

Humanitarian action in drought-related emergencies

ALNAP Lessons Paper by Kerren Hedlund and Paul Knox Clarke (October 2011)

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Horn of Africa Learning and Accountability Portal

Cyclone Nargis: Lessons for operational agencies

ALNAP Lessons Paper by Ben Ramalingam and Sara Pavanello (May 2008)

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Flood Disasters: learning from previous relief and recovery operations

ALNAP Lessons Paper by Khurshid Alam
published by ALNAP/Provention Consortium (January 2008)

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Responding to Earthquakes: Learning from earthquake relief and recovery operations

ALNAP Lessons Paper by John Cosgrave (July 2008)

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The State of the Humanitarian System

State of the Humanitarian System Report

For the first time the size, shape, resources and overall performance of the international humanitarian system has been assessed and synthesised into a single study. Through systematic collation of data on the funding, resources, actors and global scope of the international humanitarian community, The State of the Humanitarian System, published in February 2010,  report brings new understanding for both those within and beyond the system.

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En français : L’état du système humanitaire

En español: El estado del sistema humanitario

To order hard copies of the State of the Humanitarian System report, please contact alnap@alnap.org

ALNAP Studies 

Innovations in International Humanitarian Action

An ALNAP Study published as part of the 8th Review of Humanitarian Action

The study is a systematic review of innovations in international humanitarian response, which presents ways to think about and strengthen innovations across the sector.

by Ben Ramalingam, Kim Scriven and Conor Foley (July 2009)

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ALNAP's Humanitarian Innovations Initiative

Leadership in Action: Leading effectively in humanitarian operations

ALNAP's latest study, Leadership in Action, will allow the humanitarian sector to develop a better understanding of what effective leadership looks like, to identify the determinants of good leadership and ways in which it can be fostered.

by Margie Buchanan-Smith with Kim Scriven (June 2011)

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En français : Le leadership en pratique - diriger efficacement les opérations humanitaires

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ALNAP Guides

Evaluating Humanitarian Action using the OECD-DAC Criteria

An ALNAP Guide by Tony Beck (March 2008)

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Real-time Evaluations of Humanitarian Action

An ALNAP Guide developed to assist both evaluation managers and evaluation team leaders in commissioning, overseeing and conducting real-time evaluations of humanitarian operations.

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by John Cosgrave, Ben Ramalingam and Tony Beck (March 2009)

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ALNAP Working Papers

Harnessing the Power of Evaluation in Humanitarian Action: An initiative to improve understanding and use of evaluation

This ALNAP Working Paper builds on the experiences and successes of ALNAP members in integrating evaluative evidence into programme design and makes concrete suggestions as to how organisations can build their ability to use evaluations.

By Alistair Hallam (June 2011)

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