Series

The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is an independent think tank that dedicates itself to reducing poverty, alleviating suffering, and establishing sustainable livelihoods in developing countries. It contributes to these development and humanitarian goals by linking together applied research, practical policy advice, and policy-focused information dissemination and debate on a variety of subjects. More specifically, the HPG Working Papers Series provides case studies and background notes that highlight key aspects of ODI's broader research. The series covers topics such as land rights, donorship accountability, livelihood assessments, remittances and humanitarian action and security.

Publishers: Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Publications: Understanding Humanitarian Action in South Asia
UK Humanitarian Aid in the Age of Counterterrorism: Perceptions and Reality
International and Local/Diaspora Actors in the Syria Response
Islamic Humanitarianism? The Evolving Role of the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation in Somalia and Beyond
Ancient Origins, Modern Actors: Defining Arabic Meanings of Humanitarianism
Responsibility, Legitimacy, Morality: Chinese Humanitarianism in Historical Perspective
Histories of Humanitarian Action in the Middle East and North Africa
Regional Organisations and Humanitarian Action
Assessing Resilience
From the Spanish Civil War to Afghanistan
Security and Humanitarian Crisis in Mali: The Role of Regional Organizations
The Search for Common Ground
Understanding Humanitarian Action in East and Southeast Asia
Conflict, Climate Change and Politics
The Search for Common Ground: Police, Protection and Coordination in Timor-Leste
The Search for Common Ground: Civil–Military Coordination and the Protection of Civilians in South Sudan
Disaster as Opportunity?
Regional Organisations and Humanitarian Action
Talking to the Other Side: Humanitarian Engagement With Armed Non-State Actors in Darfur, Sudan, 2003–2012
Talking to the Oher Side: Humanitarian Negotiations in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile, Sudan
A History of the Humanitarian System
Sanctuary in the City? Urban Displacement and Vulnerability in Peshawar, Pakistan
The Search for Common Ground: Civil–Military Relations in Afghanistan, 2002–13
Talking to the Other Side
Sanctuary in the City? Urban Displacement and Vulnerability in the Gaza Strip
A Conceptual Analysis of Livelihoods and Resilience
Beyond the 'French Doctors': The Evolution and Interpretation of Humanitarian Action in France
Country-Specific Civil-Military Coordination Guidelines
Protecting Civilians? The Interaction Between International Military and Humanitarian Actors
Continuity, Change and Contest
Sanctuary in the City? Urban Displacement and Vulnerability in Kabul
Trends and Challenges in Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination
Local Institutions, Livelihoods and Vulnerability: Lessons from Afghanistan
Humanitarian Space in Somalia: A Scarce Commodity
Sanctuary in the City? Urban Displacement and Vulnerability in Amman
Sanctuary in the City? Urban Displacement and Vulnerability in Damascus
Sanctuary in the City? Urban Displacement and Vulnerability in Yei, South Sudan
Sanctuary in the City? Urban Displacement and Vulnerability in Nairobi
Rules of the Range: Natural Resource Management in Kenya-Ethiopia Border Areas
Humanitarian Action, Early Recovery and Stabilisation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Livestock Marketing in Kenya-Ethiopia Border Areas
Coping and Change in Protracted Conflict
States of Fragility: Stabilisation and Its Implications for Humanitarian Action
Hidden and Exposed: Urban Refugees in Nairobi, Kenya
Early Recovery: An Overview of Policy Debates and Operational Challenges
Livelihoods in Crisis
Losing Ground: Protection and Livelihoods in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
The Role of the Affected State in Humanitarian Action
The Role of the Affected State in Humanitarian Action
Humanitarian Governance in the New Millenium: An Ethiopian Case Study
Challenging Choices: Protection and Livelihoods in Darfur
Livelihoods in Crisis
The Role of the Affected State in Humanitarian Action
Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean
Beneficiary Perceptions of Corruption in Humanitarian Assistance: A Sri Lanka Case Study
Perceptions of Corruption in Humanitarian Assistance Among Internally Displaced Persons in Northern Uganda
Colombia: A Case Study in the Role of the Affected State in Humanitarian Action
The Role of the Affected State: A Case Study on the Peruvian Earthquake Response
El Salvador: A Case Study in the Role of the Affected State in Humanitarian Action
The Land Question: Sudan's Peace Nemesis
Between War and Peace
Land Rights in Angola
Mozambique: A Case Study in the Role of the Affected State in Humanitarian Action
Corruption Perceptions and Risks in Humanitarian Assistance
Private Financing of Humanitarian Action, 1995-2005
Drawing a Line Under the Crisis
Business Engagement in Humanitarian Relief
Livelihoods in Crisis
Corruption Perceptions and Risks in Humanitarian Assistance
Between the CAPs
Humanitarian Protection in Uganda: a Trojan Horse?
Protection in Colombia
Remittances in Crises
Learning from Cash Responses to the Tsunami
Humanitarian Action in the New Security Environment: Policy and Operational Implications in Somalia and Somaliland
Humanitarian Action in the New Security Environment: Policy and Operational Implications in Afghanistan
Humanitarian Action in the New Security Environment: Policy and Operational Implications in Iraq
Livelihoods, Migration and Remittance Flows in Times of Crisis and Conflict
Seed Vouchers in Emergency Programming
The Role of Remittances in Crisis
Remittances in Crisis: Sri Lanka after the Tsunami
Migrant Remittances in the Context of Crisis in Somali Society
Remittances in Crisis: A Haiti Case Study
India’s Official Humanitarian Aid Programme
Aid Donorship in Central Europe
Aid Donorship in Asia
Aid Donorship in the Gulf States
Through a Livelihoods Lens
Breaking the Poverty Cycle
Poverty, Power and Relief Assistance
Relief Assistance at the Margins
Cash Transfer Programmes in Afghanistan
Cash and Vouchers in Emergencies
European Union Policy Approaches in Protracted Crises
Assessing the Impact of Humanitarian Assistance: A Review of Methods and Practices in the Health Sector
Assessing the Impact of Humanitarian Assistance: A Review of Methods and Practices in the Food and Nutrition Sector
HIV/AIDS and Humanitarian Action
Good Humanitarian Donorship and the European Union
Needs and Vulnerability in the Balkans
The Southern Africa Crisis
Measuring Humanitarian Needs
Profits and Poverty
Towards a Politically Informed Humanitarian Response to Conflict
Ni Paix Ni Guerre
Fortunes of War
Accountability and Influence in the European Community Humanitarian Aid Office
The US and the 'Bilateralisation' of Humanitarian Response
Canada's International Humanitarian Assistance Programme
Donor Accountability in the UK
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