Accountability to Affected Populations and Cost-Effectiveness in Humanitarian Outcomes
This review summarizes the evidence on how accountability to Affected Populations is leading to cost-effective humanitarian outcomes
Abstract
Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) seeks to ensure that the rights, dignity, perspectives and security of all groups of an affected population are protected, and that gender, age, disability and diversity identify their particular needs. This rapid review summarizes the available evidence on how/if Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) is leading to cost-effective humanitarian outcomes as well as if certain AAP mechanisms are more effective than others (although the evidence on the latter is very limited). Overall, AAP has been a well-recognised principle of humanitarian action for two decades. The humanitarian sector has made commitments on five 바카라 사이트˜pillars바카라 사이트™ of AAP through the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) and other related forums, namely: leadership and governance; transparency; feedback and complaints; participation; and project design, monitoring and evaluation. Nevertheless, a comprehensive review on the 바카라 사이트˜state of the humanitarian system바카라 사이트™ by ALNAP discovered that there was 바카라 사이트˜no progress in engaging local participation바카라 사이트™ and 바카라 사이트˜little evidence of affected populations바카라 사이트™ input into project design or approach바카라 사이트™. Further, much of the available evidence confirms that the humanitarian sector has had a 바카라 사이트˜poor record바카라 사이트™ in fulfilling its pledge to use power responsibly by taking into account, transparency and accountability of the people it aims to support.
This report was prepared for the UK 바카라 사이트바카라 사이트™s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and its partners in support of pro-poor programmes
Citation
Megersa, K. (2020). Accountability to Affected Populations and Cost-Effectiveness in Humanitarian Outcomes. K4D Helpdesk Report 789. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies.