Background paper
The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of current debates concerning impact assessments and to help clarify key issues around their application and utilisation in humanitarian aid.
Our intention is to frame these issues so as to support discussion and debate at the forthcoming 24th ALNAP Biannual in Berlin.
It is hoped that the discussions at the Biannual, and subsequent work, will enable the ALNAP membership and the wider humanitarian community to develop a shared understanding of the limits and possibilities of humanitarian impact assessment, and to use this understanding to outline a practical vision for future work in this area.