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2022 SOHS report

The State of the Humanitarian System report assesses the size, shape and performance of the humanitarian system against key criteria over time. It is independent and based on evidence from on-the-ground practitioners, crisis-affected populations, academics, policy-makers and donors.

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  • Alice Obrecht and Sophia Swithern (SOHS co-leads)
  • with Jennifer Doherty

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The views contained in this report do not necessarily reflect those of ALNAP members.

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ALNAP (2022) The State of the Humanitarian System. ALNAP Study. London: ALNAP/ODI

© ALNAP/ODI 2022. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial Licence (CC BY-NC 3.0).

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  • A reader's guide to this report
  • Introduction
    • Objectives and approach
    • Scope and method
    • Report structure
  • Chapter 1: Global trends and crises
    • Crisis
    • Geopolitics
    • Humanitarianism
  • Focus on: COVID-19
    • Rapid response and flexibility
    • Access and presence
    • Social safety nets
    • Bangladesh case study: COVID-19 in Cox's Bazar
  • Chapter 2: What is the shape and size of the humanitarian system?
    • In brief
    • Introduction
    • What’s the overall financial size of the system?
    • What’s the shape of the humanitarian delivery system?
    • Leadership, staffing and pay
  • Focus on: Support beyond the system
    • IHA as a proportion of resource flows to countries in crisis
    • How well does the system engage with other forms of crisis support?
  • Chapter 3: Is there enough aid?
    • In brief
    • Introduction
    • Are there enough funds globally?
    • What does the funding gap mean for different emergencies?
    • What are the impacts of funding shortfalls?
  • Chapter 4: Does humanitarian support reach the right people?
    • In brief
    • Introduction
    • What is the global picture of reach?
    • How well is aid reaching ‘hard-to reach’ populations?
    • How well is the system reaching marginalised groups?
    • Is aid being diverted from people in need? 
  • Focus on forced displacement
    • Increases and changes in refugee populations
    • New global agreements
    • Humanitarian performance
    • Lebanon case study: Protracted refugee populations in a worsening host country situation
  • Chapter 5: Do humanitarians provide the right kind of support?
    • In brief
    • Introduction
    • Does humanitarian assistance address people’s priority needs?
    • How well do humanitarian agencies understand people’s priorities?
    • How well are humanitarians providing support that fits people’s priority needs?
    • Does humanitarian action adapt to people's changing priority needs?
  • Focus on resilience in protracted crises
    • Sufficiency of efforts not matching scale of ambition
    • Mixed and medium-term effectiveness
    • DRC case study: Waiting on recovery and resilience
  • Chapter 6: Does humanitarian action work?
    • In brief
    • Introduction
    • Does humanitarian action save lives?
    • Does humanitarian action protect people from harm?
    • What other outcomes does humanitarian action achieve for people affected by crisis?
    • Was humanitarian action timely and of good quality?
  • Focus on: Hunger
    • Conflict-driven famine
    • Measuring and prioritising across the IPC phases
    • Funding for food crises
    • Yemen case study: Understanding effectiveness in a food crisis
  • Chapter 7: Does the system cause harm?
    • In brief
    • Introduction
    • Are humanitarian actors doing enough to reduce and address sexual exploitation and abuse?
    • Does humanitarian aid fuel conflict?
    • Does humanitarian aid increase dependency and undermine longer-term self-reliance?
    • Is humanitarian action ‘green’?
  • Chapter 8: Does the system treat people with dignity?
    • In brief
    • Introduction
    • How do affected people rate dignity?
    • How well do humanitarians communicate and consult with affected people?
    • Can crisis affected people influence decision-making?
    • Is the system becoming more accountable to affected people?
  • Chapter 9: Does the international system enable local action?
    • In brief
    • Introduction
    • What does localisation mean?
    • Is the system shifting resources to local and national actors?
    • Is the system working well with governments?
    • Is the system shifting power to local non-state actors?
  • Chapter 10: Does the system use resources efficiently?
    • In brief
    • Introduction
    • How well does the system convert inputs into impacts for affected populations?
    • Are there system-wide mechanisms to improve efficiency?
  • Chapter 11: Does the system uphold its principles?
    • In brief
    • Introduction
    • Is the understanding of humanitarian principles changing?
    • How are agencies balancing advocacy and presence?
  • Focus on: Active conflict
    • Cumulative and complex crises
    • Access in active conflict
    • Responding in new conflicts and remaining in protracted ones
    • Ethiopia case study: the conflict in Tigray
  • Chapter 12: Does the system connect with longer-term priorities?
    • In brief
    • Introduction
    • How have policies on the nexus changed?
    • Are institutions changing to enable better connections?
    • How have country strategies and programmes changed?
  • Conclusion
    • How has the system performed over time?
    • Tracking humanitarian performance since 2007
    • Humanitarian performance since 2010
    • Is the system fit for the future?
    • Introduction
    • Changing crises
    • Growing caseload
    • Context constraints
  • Annex 1 Acknowledgements in full
    • Acknowledgement by Juliet Parker
    • Consultants and main component leads
    • Box authors
    • Management
    • Support and Advisory Group (SAG)
    • Additional peer review and advisory support
    • Research host organisations
    • Additional contributions
    • Editing, copyediting and review
  • Annex 2 List of key informants for global interviews
  • Annex 3 Methodology – The State of the Humanitarian System 2022
  • Acronyms
  • Authors
    • Authors
    • Contributors
  • Bibliography
  • Boxes and figures

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