Humanitarian aid has long been dominated by a classical, Dunantist paradigm that was
based on the ethics of the humanitarian principles and centred on international …

Humanitarian health workers operate in dangerous and uncertain contexts, in which
mistakes and failures are common, often have severe consequences, and are regularly …

In high-conflict scenarios, humanitarian needs often surpass resources, and humanitarians
are faced with ongoing challenges of whom to prioritise and where to work. This process is …

In 2004, the UN's Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan called Darfur the world's worst
humanitarian crisis. A comprehensive food aid programme soon followed, at the time the …

In the past decade, food security and nutrition practices have become central in the
promotion of resilience in protracted crises. Such approaches have been welcomed by the …

This article examines the problems of elite capture in community-driven development (CDD).
Drawing on two case studies of non-governmental organisation (NGO) intervention in rural …

This longitudinal study explores the place of the civilian populations in the wars of what is
now South Sudan. Using a broad range of empirical evidence, we trace the evolution of …

This article explores the humanitarian principles of universality, impartiality, and neutrality,
and the moral boundaries of humanitarian action in the past. It does so through a case study …

This paper is one of a series of evidence papers produced by the Secure Livelihoods
Research Consortium (SLRC) as part of its inception phase (January 2011–March 2012) …

Humanitarian aid has long been dominated by a classical, Dunantist paradigm that was
based on the ethics of the humanitarian principles and centred on international …