The world's largest humanitarian donors and implementing organisations have recently re-
affirmed their commitments to financial transparency and broader accountability when …

This report reviews the humanitarian response to Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu in 2015, and
considers the extent to which the international response was appropriately tailored to meet …

On 7 August 1998 truck bombs destroyed the US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. 1 The
response in both countries was characterised by an absence of incident command, limited …

Category 5 tropical cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu in March 2015, affecting thousands of people.
Three months after the event, this study compared the responses from both external aid …

1. Background Recent events, like the Indian Ocean tsunami, catastrophic flooding in
Guatemala, the Kashmir earthquake and Hurricane Katrina, have had staggering human …

Donors, governments, non-government organisations and humanitarian agencies are
increasingly investing in disaster risk reduction (DRR) but there is limited understanding of …

Abstract In 2016, following Tropical Cyclone (TC) Winston, Fiji became the First Pacific
Island country to channel post-disaster assistance through its existing social safety net …

The story of humanitarian accountability is not yet one of success. After more than a decade
of debate about performance, standards and giving beneficiaries a say, accountability …

To define and explore disaster diplomacy, the initial question asked was" Do nat ural
disasters induce international cooperation amongst countries that have tra ditionally …

Cash transfers are increasingly becoming a preferred mode of alleviating human suffering
particularly in drought-affected communities in sub-Saharan Africa. The transition from …