Other reports look at donor’s humanitarian assistance. Isn’t this a duplication of efforts?
There are relatively few reports that focus on the issue of donors´ humanitarian assistance. Most of these reports focus tracking funding flows using financial data from donors, and not the quality or impact of that funding. In contrast, the HRI has a much broader scope of analysis including both quantitative and qualitative indicators for other important GHD principles such as implementation of international laws, conventions and quality standards. More importantly, the HRI is one of the few annual research processes that include extensive field research in different crisis contexts. This data is generated through a large-scale field survey of humanitarian actors working in 10-14 different crises each year. The field survey provides a “reality check” on how well donors are responding in different crisis contexts. This approach makes the HRI the largest and most comprehensive review of how donors and the international humanitarian system are responding to meeting humanitarian needs.
