The Humanitarian Policy Group is one of the world's leading teams of independent researchers and information professionals working on humanitarian issues. It is dedicated to improving humanitarian policy and practice through a combination of high-quality analysis, dialogue and debate.
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13 January 2012
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12 January 2012
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15 December 2011
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9 December 2011
Since November 2010, the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at ODI has been working to bridge the conceptual and practical gaps on risk management between donors and humanitarian agencies. As a result, HPG has helped to build a new mutual understanding on what risk is, and how it can be managed.
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What we work on
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Livelihoods in conflict, food security and protracted crisis, including cash transfer programming.
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The evolving institutions and principles of humanitarian action and politics.
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The changing dynamics of displacement with a particular focus on urbanisation, exploring the factors that affect forced migration, such as climate change.
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The challenges for policy-making, strategy and operations in crises: the context in which the substantial majority of humanitarian expenditure currently occurs.
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The roles of military, political, human rights and humanitarian actors in civilian protection and the extent to which these are complementary.
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