Evaluating humanitarian action

A framework for the ethical use of advanced data science methods in the humanitarian sector

• Guidance and Tools

Community-Led Innovation - Three Years of Learning

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Rediscovering the power of words to generate knowledge

• Commentaries

Impact Evaluation of Cash-Based Transfers and Gender in Kenya, July 2023

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Guide on International Justice Mechanisms for Humanitarian Actors working with the Rohingya

• Guidance and Tools

دليل تقييم العمل اإلنساني

• Guidance and Tools

Evaluating adaptation efforts of food-aid-reliant smallholder farmers in the drought-prone area

This study aimed to evaluate the adaptation efforts of food-aid-reliant smallholder farmers in the drought-prone area of northern Ethiopia.

• Research and Studies

Indirect costs for local and national partners: A mapping of the current policies and practices of UN agencies and INGOs (June 2023)

This updated mapping tracks progress on overhead funding for local humanitarian partners, showing new policies and commitments by UN agencies, INGOs, and Red Cross organisations since 2022, and serving as both a reference and accountability tool.

• Guidance and Tools

"Keep in touch with the people." Perceptions of aid in Ukraine's changing context

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Data analysis to leave no one behind in Simta, Nepal

This report from Development Initiatives examines Simta municipality, using census and local data to identify who is most at risk of being left behind. It highlights women and children as the most disadvantaged and calls for stronger data and social protection to ensure inclusive development.

• Research and Studies

Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results-Based Management (Second Edition, 2023)

• Guidance and Tools

Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) Guide - UNFPA Afghanistan

• Guidance and Tools

The Humanitarian Connectivity, Needs and Usage Assessments (CoNUA) Toolkit

• Guidance and Tools

Explain: Localisation and locally led humanitarian action [2023]

Explain: Localisation and locally led humanitarian action [2023 version]

• Research and Studies

Navigating Ethical Dilemmas for Humanitarian Action in Afghanistan

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Summary Brief: Review of the OECD DAC criteria for evaluating humanitarian action

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Effective and Ethical Data Sharing at Scale

• Guidance and Tools

Adapting to Shifts in the Humanitarian Paradigm

Independent Evaluation of the Aktion Deutschland Hilft (ADH) joint appeal on Yemen

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

DRAFT Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) Draft 1 for Stakeholder Consultation

• Guidance and Tools