Header Grid Blocks

GTranslate

Shaping policy for development

An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
  • 29 items

Sort by

Search results

  1. 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

  2. Where to now? Agency expulsions in Sudan: consequences and next steps

    Publication - Discussion papers - 26 March 2009
    ALNAP Lessons Papers
    Sara Pantuliano, Susanne Jaspars and Deepayan Basu Ray

    This joint ALNAP-HPG paper focuses on the recent expulsion of NGOs from Sudan. It offers a snapshot of what expelled aid agencies were doing, where they were based and the type of assistance they were providing at the time of their departure. It looks at the challenges these agencies had to tackle, how their programmes evolved, the extent to which these agencies had developed contingency plans and the challenges involved in scaling up operations to make up for the shortfall in services. The paper also discusses the immediate implications and suggests ways forward for international NGOs, the UN system and donors.

    Download

  3. Private security providers and services in humanitarian operations

    Publication - Briefing papers - 7 January 2009
    HPG Policy Briefs 33
    Abby Stoddard, Adele Harmer and Victoria DiDomenico

    A 2008 global survey of aid organisations conducted for this research revealed that the contracting of certain security functions to external professionals has become increasingly common among humanitarian operations worldwide. This trend has followed both the rise in aid worker violence and the proliferation of international private security companies around the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet despite alarming predictions, the use of armed protection by security contractors remains the exception and is confined to a small number of contexts.

    Download

  4. Private security providers and services in humanitarian operations

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 28 September 2008
    HPG Reports 27
    Abby Stoddard, Adele Harmer and Victoria DiDomenico

    A 2008 global survey of aid organisations conducted for this research revealed that the contracting of certain security functions to external professionals has become increasingly common among humanitarian operations worldwide. This trend has followed both the rise in aid worker violence and the proliferation of international private security companies around the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet despite alarming predictions, the use of armed protection by security contractors remains the exception and is confined to a small number of contexts.

    Download

Pages