disaster
This is an assignment, no more than 3000 words but it is acceptable to be 2750 words.
Topic:
Please comment on the current status of the evidence–base for the accountability and effectiveness
of humanitarian actions, particularly through the lens of ALNAP, and suggest strategies which could
be utilised to increase accountability of interventions in responding to international disasters and
humanitarian crises
In details:
The topic has to argue and analyses two significant words which are (the accountability and
effectiveness) of humanitarian actions.
In the first part you have to do a search and reporting from the literature about the studies have the
evidence–base for the accountability and effectiveness of humanitarian actions: (you can choose
ALNAP as a starting point and continue to others)
1=AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE to measure the accountability and effectiveness of humanitarian actions.
2=QUALITY OF EVIDENCE to measure the accountability and effectiveness of humanitarian actions.
Almost of the study just describe what had done in the crisis and measure the impact without
measure the effectiveness of humanitarian standards. The accountability of humanitarian action (it is
important to beneficial) such as some donors who providing money in crises did not measure the
beneficial outcomes in order to improve financial part.
The second part of this topic is suggested strategies which could be utilised to increase accountability
of interventions in responding to international disasters and humanitarian crises
That to improve evidence, improve quality and improve the effectiveness of the evidence which could
be by training, develop experience, focusing on studies. you could choose an issue and develop
strategies to improve that.
Headings of the assignment should be as following:
1= Introduction (start with identifying the important and impact of evidence to the humanitarian
crises and then identify the paper’s contents and what you are going to discuss). 300 words.
2= Background (You can choose one to three headings in this section, however, you have to identify
the meaning of the accountability and effectiveness in humanitarian actions and why it is important
to measure that) 500 words.
3=Body (should not less than 5 headings and it is possible to use subheadings as well, however, in
this part you have to make arguments and analyses of evidence as mentioned in the above
details).2000 words.
(Some suggested headings and subheadings:
1.Evidence–base for the accountability of humanitarian actions
1.1.Amount and quality of the evidence
2.Evidence–base for the effectiveness of humanitarian actions
2.1.Amount and quality of the evidence
3.Strategies to increase accountability of humanitarian actions
4.Strategies to increase effectiveness of humanitarian actions)
5= Conclusion (conclude what had done in this paper). 200 words
Please don’t use books at all in the references list and in the text, you have to use any types of
published articles and the PDF files of any guidelines and official website.
25 references required in the reference list and please be attention to doesn’t write any sentence
without reference
