The Humanitarian Response Index offers an analytical tool for the measurement of donors' effectiveness in light of their commitment to the Principles and Good Practice of Humanitarian Donorship.

It is hoped that the Index will raise awareness about the increasingly important role of humanitarian action and associated good practices beyond its current core constituencies.

The Index is also intended to help the international donor community, and individual donor countries, to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of humanitarian actions, and thus to provide a basis for improving the efficiency and quality of donor activities and initiatives.

We believe that this report can serve as a useful platform for more informed discussion on key aspects of the debate on how to improve the quality of humanitarian aid. Ultimately, only the proper assessment of donor performance in the delivery of humanitarian aid will benefit those most affected by both man-made and natural disasters.

Development Assistance Research Associates (DARA) is an independent non-profit organisation, committed to improving the quality of development aid and humanitarian action through evaluation. By presenting alternatives that combine the interests of all partners, DARA aims to enhance the impact of the efforts against poverty and promote the participation and empowerment of beneficiaries of humanitarian aid.

'I firmly believe that the Humanitarian Response Index will serve as a crucial tool to help ensure that no disaster is ignored, and that every dollar spent helps those most in need.' Kofi A. Annan, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Foreword Kofi Annan 
Preface S.Hidalgo
Executive Summary    
The Humanitarian Response Index 2007 L.Altinger, S.Hidalgo, and A.Lopez-Claros
The Birth of Good Humanitarian Donorship J.Schaar
Progress on the Front Lines J. Egeland
Opening Space for Long-Term Development in Fragile Environments S. Cliffe and C. Petrie
The Media- Driven Humanitarian Response: Public Perceptions and Humanitarian Realities as Two Faces of the Same Coin M. Ogrizek
Colombia: A Crisis Concealed S. Hidalgo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sick Giant of Africa- G. Gasser
Haiti: Violence, Ganga, and a Fragile State on the Brink of Crisis- R. Sole
Lebanon: Crisis of Civilian Protection
Niger: Crisis of acute, Protracted Poverty and Vulnerability- M. Marañón
Pakistan: Testing Reform of the Humanitarian System- R. Polastro
Sudan: From One Crisis to Another
Timor-Leste: Relapse and Open wounds- S. Hidalgo
Summary: 2006- A Year of Emergencies
Donor profile: Australia 
Donor profile: Austria   
Donor profile: Belgium 
Donor profile: Canada  
Donor profile: Denmark
Donor profile: European commission           
Donor profile: Finland   
Donor profile: France   
Donor profile: Germany
Donor profile: Greece   
Donor profile: Ireland    
Donor profile: Italy       
Donor profile: Japan    
Donor profile: Luxembourg       
Donor profile: Netherlands        
Donor profile: New Zealand      
Donor profile: Norway  
Donor profile: Portugal 
Donor profile: Spain     
Donor profile: Sweden  
Donor profile: Switzerland         
Donor profile: United Kingdom 
Donor profile: United States

Development Assistance Research Associates (DARA) is an independent non-profit organisation committed to improving the quality of development aid and humanitarian action through evaluation. DARA's mission includes optimising the impact of the efforts against poverty and promoting the beneficiaries' participation and empowerment, through the presentation of alternatives that combine the interests of all partners involved in the processes in which DARA intervenes. Silvia Hidalgo is the Director of DARA