Aid in Protracted Crises
Responding to long-term crises 2
Donor governments and capacity-building in Afghanistan 4
Beyond seeds and tools: alternative interventions in protracted emergencies 6
Capacity-building in southern Sudan 9
Practice Notes
The misery of Chechnya – and the failure of humanitarianism? 13
Distinguishing between evacuation and deportation 15
Information systems in humanitarian emergencies 17
Learning from Kosovo: the Humanitarian Community Information Centre 19
Obstacles to disaster preparedness on the coastal chars of Bangladesh 21
Land-management in Central America 24
From human-rights monitor to health project coordinator 26
Developmental approaches in a post-conflict society 28
Institutional Developments
Global humanitarian assistance 31
Spanish humanitarian aid 32
The Strategic Recovery Facility 35
The Brahimi report 38
Sida: managing and preventing conflict 40
When donors plan for contingencies 42
Policy Developments
A more proactive UN role in the security of NGO staff? 45
Sanctions and Yugoslavia 48
The UK’s White Paper on development 51
Endpiece
Landmines: where next? 53