HPG Policy Briefs DetailsPublications in this seriesDetails Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) Policy Briefs are short papers which contain key points and policy recommendations. Some complement or summarise our reports, while others combine analysis from previous research with consultation around a live policy issue or crisis situation. Publications in this series Untangling Early Recovery Publication - Briefing papers - 27 October 2009 HPG Policy Briefs 38 Sarah Bailey and Sara Pavanello This HPG Policy Brief provides an overview of early recovery that will inform up-coming HPG research on early recovery, stabilisation and transitions. It argues that early recovery has functioned primarily as a way of framing the activities, strategies and approaches that take place in humanitarian and transitional contexts, and that its added value is yet to be consistently proven. Download Towards good humanitarian government: The role of the affected state in disaster response Publication - Briefing papers - 11 October 2009 HPG Policy Briefs 37 Paul Harvey This report highlights the need for international humanitarian actors to encourage and support states to fulfil their responsibilities to assist and protect their own citizens in times of disaster Download A clash of principles? Humanitarian action and the search for stability in Pakistan Publication - Briefing papers - 31 August 2009 HPG Policy Briefs 36 Various authors This HPG Policy Brief explores the role of principled humanitarian action in relation to the response to the current crisis in Pakistan. Download Taking drought into account: Addressing chronic vulnerability among pastoralists in the Horn of Africa Publication - Briefing papers - 30 April 2009 HPG Policy Briefs 35 Sara Pantuliano and Sara Pavanello This HPG Policy Brief argues that the catastrophic effects of drought can be averted if pastoralist livelihoods are supported with timely and appropriate livelihoods-based interventions. Download Providing Aid in Insecure Environments: Trends in violence against aid workers and the operational response (2009 Update) Publication - Briefing papers - 6 April 2009 HPG Policy Briefs 34 Abby Stoddard, Adele Harmer and Victoria DiDomenico In 2008, 260 humanitarian aid workers were killed, kidnapped or seriously injured in violent attacks – the highest yearly toll on record. The majority of these attacks took place in just countries: Sudan, Afghanistan and Somalia. Kidnappings in particular have increased since 2006, increasing 350% compared since 2006. The fatality rate of aid workers from malicious acts alone surpassed that of United Nations peacekeeping soldiers in 2008. In the most violent contexts for aid workers, politically motivated attacks have risen relative to common crime and banditry, as international aid organisations are perceived as part of Western geopolitical interests. Download Pages« first‹ prev…23456…next ›last » View content in the Search Centre:Conflict and securityHumanitarian policyLivelihoodsNatural disasters
Untangling Early Recovery Publication - Briefing papers - 27 October 2009 HPG Policy Briefs 38 Sarah Bailey and Sara Pavanello This HPG Policy Brief provides an overview of early recovery that will inform up-coming HPG research on early recovery, stabilisation and transitions. It argues that early recovery has functioned primarily as a way of framing the activities, strategies and approaches that take place in humanitarian and transitional contexts, and that its added value is yet to be consistently proven. Download
Towards good humanitarian government: The role of the affected state in disaster response Publication - Briefing papers - 11 October 2009 HPG Policy Briefs 37 Paul Harvey This report highlights the need for international humanitarian actors to encourage and support states to fulfil their responsibilities to assist and protect their own citizens in times of disaster Download
A clash of principles? Humanitarian action and the search for stability in Pakistan Publication - Briefing papers - 31 August 2009 HPG Policy Briefs 36 Various authors This HPG Policy Brief explores the role of principled humanitarian action in relation to the response to the current crisis in Pakistan. Download
Taking drought into account: Addressing chronic vulnerability among pastoralists in the Horn of Africa Publication - Briefing papers - 30 April 2009 HPG Policy Briefs 35 Sara Pantuliano and Sara Pavanello This HPG Policy Brief argues that the catastrophic effects of drought can be averted if pastoralist livelihoods are supported with timely and appropriate livelihoods-based interventions. Download
Providing Aid in Insecure Environments: Trends in violence against aid workers and the operational response (2009 Update) Publication - Briefing papers - 6 April 2009 HPG Policy Briefs 34 Abby Stoddard, Adele Harmer and Victoria DiDomenico In 2008, 260 humanitarian aid workers were killed, kidnapped or seriously injured in violent attacks – the highest yearly toll on record. The majority of these attacks took place in just countries: Sudan, Afghanistan and Somalia. Kidnappings in particular have increased since 2006, increasing 350% compared since 2006. The fatality rate of aid workers from malicious acts alone surpassed that of United Nations peacekeeping soldiers in 2008. In the most violent contexts for aid workers, politically motivated attacks have risen relative to common crime and banditry, as international aid organisations are perceived as part of Western geopolitical interests. Download
