This report is the third in an annual series produced by the Humanitarian Policy Group that has sought to analyse key trends in the humanitarian sector. Previous years’ reports have focused on the changing relationship between humanitarian action and political responses to conflict- related crises, and on the implications of the global war on terrorism for humanitarian action.1 This year’s review of trends examines how the international development aid system is becoming increasingly engaged in situations which, for many years, have been seen as largely the preserve of the humanitarian community. It reviews the changing relationship between the ideas, instruments and financing of the humanitarian system and of mainstream development cooperation in situations of protracted crisis.
