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ALNAP Review of Humanitarian Action Series

The Review of Humanitarian Action is ALNAP’s flagship publication. Published annually, it aims to monitor humanitarian performance and key issues for the sector, whilst also amplifying the key findings from recent evaluative reports for a sector-wide audience.

Each Review consists of three components:

An overview chapter assessing humanitarian performance and monitoring key issues for the sector.
A synthesis chapter, which is a review of recent humanitarian performance and lessons learned, through a review of evaluative material submitted to ALNAP by members and other agencies.
A chapter aimed at monitoring the quality of evaluation of humanitarian action (EHA). Every two years, the Review carries out a meta-evaluation assessing the quality of evaluation reports. In alternate years, the Review addresses an EHA-related theme.

ALNAP's 7th Review of Humanitarian Action has just been published. All chapters and Key Messages are available to view here.

Previous Reviews have featured chapters focussing on a theme related to learning and accountability in humanitarian action, such as the Kosovo crisis, knowledge management, monitoring, field level learning and most recently, capacity building.

ALNAP Review of Humanitarian Action in 2005		Download Key Messages
Evaluation utilisation December 2006 Order printed copy Contents: Preface Global welfare: A realistic expectation for the international humanitarian system? Proportion and distortion in humanitarian assistance The utilisation of evaluations		English Spanish French
ALNAP Review of Humanitarian Action in 2004		Download Key Messages
Capacity Building September 2005 Order printed copy Contents: Preface Introduction Institutional capacity building amid humanitarian action Lessons Learned: the Darfur experience Meta-evaluation Annexes		English Spanish French
ALNAP Review of Humanitarian Action in 2003		Download Key Messages
Field Level Learning 2004 Order printed copy Contents: Foreword Learning and Evaluation in Humanitarian Action Learning by Field Level Workers Synthesis of Findings of Evaluation Reports from 2003 Meta-evaluation Annexes		English
ALNAP Annual Review 2003		Download Key Messages
Humanitarian Action: Improving Monitoring to Enhance Accountability and Learning 2003 Order printed copy Contents: Foreword Introduction Strengthening monitoring in the humanitarian sector Synthesis of findings of 2001-2002 evaluation reports Conclusions Meta-evaluation Endnotes and Annexes		English
ALNAP Annual Review 2002		Download Key Messages
Humanitarian Action: Improving Performance Through Improved Learning 2002 Order printed copy Contents: Foreword Introduction Learning and Knowledge Management: The literature and experience of 'comparable' sectors Current practices in the humanitarian sector Synthesis of findings of 2000-2001 evaluation reports Conclusions Meta-evaluation Annexes		English
ALNAP Annual Review 2001		Download Key Messages
Humanitarian Action: Learning from Evaluation 2001 This publication is no longer available in hard copy. Contents: Foreword Introduction Summary of findings and assessment of non-Kosovo evaluation reports Evaluations of humanitarian aid in response to the 1999 Kosovo Crisis: Synthesis and meta-evaluation Overview of the analysis and next steps ALNAP Quality Proforma 2001 Annexes		not available

One year after the 2005 Pakistan Earthquake, a man and child fill containers from an Oxfam-donated water container in Balakot, Pakistan. (c) 2006 Jacob Simkin, Courtesy of Photoshare

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