Table of contents

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Introduction Putting principles into practice - key to legitimacy

Section One - Focus on ethics in aid
Chapter 1 Humanitarian ethics in disaster and war
Box 1.1 - Politics and peace building fail to save millions in DRC
Box 1.2 - Struggling to do right in Angola – stay, leave or speak out?
Box 1.3 - Meeting whose needs?
Box 1.4 - Humanitarian and development ethics – common ground?
Box 1.5 - Using the Code of Conduct as an evaluation tool
Box 1.6 - Principles guiding humanitarian-military relations
Figure 1.1 - Global humanitarian equity?
Figure 1.2 - Making the right ethical decisions

Chapter 2 Building capacity - the ethical dimensions
Box 2.1 - Malawian NGOs jumpstart disaster response and rights debate
Box 2.2 - Code of Conduct
Box 2.3 - Decentralized disaster management – a mixed blessing

Chapter 3 Famine stalks southern Africa
Box 3.1 - Regional vulnerability assessments – an opportunity for consensus
Box 3.2 - Genetically modified food aid fuels ethical debate
Box 3.3 - Zimbabwe factfile
Box 3.4 - Humanitarian principles – text signed by Zimbabwean NGOs
Map - Southern Africa

Chapter 4 Afghanistan - power politics or ethical principles?
Box 4.1 - Deadly drugs earn the poorest a living
Box 4.2 - Afghan refugees become political pawns
Box 4.3 - Expatriate presence risks undermining recovery
Box 4.4 - Can there be peace without justice?
Map - Afghanistan

Chapter 5 Forced migration - forgotten disaster?
Box 5.1 - Some factors driving international migration
Box 5.2 - Trafficked survivor tells her story
Box 5.3 - Migrants promote hometown reconstruction and recovery
Box 5.4 - Burundi’s displaced women face disease and destitution
Box 5.5 - Asylum rules risk repeating apartheid
Figure 5.1 - Number of migrants by continent, 1990 and 2000

Section Two - Tracking the system
Chapter 6 Measuring the impact of humanitarian aid
Box 6.1 - Comparing Gujarat responses using the Code of Conduct
Box 6.2 - Impact and accountability in Afghanistan – a moving target
Box 6.3 - Central Mindanao – mix of data helps fine-tune response
Box 6.4 - Tracking three years of impacts in El Salvador
Box 6.5 - ALNAP: improving performance through improved learning

Chapter 8 Disaster data: key trends and statistics
Box 8.1 Data methodology and definitions

Table 1 - Total number of reported disasters by continent and by year (1993-2002)
Table 2 - Total number of people reported killed by disasters, by continent and by year (1993-2002)
Table 3 - Total number of people reported affected by disasters, by continent and by year (1993-2002) in thousands
Table 4 - Total amount of disaster estimated damage, by continent and by year (1993-2002) in millions of US dollars
Table 5 - Total number of reported disasters, by type of phenomenon and by year (1993-2002)
Table 6 - Total number of people reported killed by disasters, by type of phenomenon and by year (1993-2002) Table 7 Total number of people reported affected by disasters, by type of phenomenon and by year (1993-2002) in thousands
Table 8 - Total amount of disaster estimated damage, by type of phenomenon and by year (1993-2002) in millions of US dollars
Table 9 - Total number of reported disasters, by continent and by type of phenomenon (1993-2002)
Table 10 - Total number of people reported killed by disasters, by continent and by type of phenomenon (1993-2002)
Table 11 - Total number of people reported affected by disasters, by continent and by type of phenomenon (1993-2002) in thousands
Table 12 - Total amount of disaster estimated damage, by continent and by type of phenomenon (1993-2002) in millions of US dollars
Table 13 - Total number of people reported killed and affected by disasters, by country (1983-1992; 1993-2002; and 2002)
Table 14 - Refugees and asylum seekers by country/territory of origin (1996 to 2002)
Table 15 - Refugees and asylum seekers by host country/territory (1996 to 2002)
Table 16 - Significant populations of internally displaced people (1996 to 2002)

Figure 8.1 - ODA net disbursements by DAC donors
Figure 8.2 - ODA as a percentage of DAC donors’ GNI
Figure 8.3 - Emergency/distress relief by DAC donors

Chapter 9 A network both global and local

Chapter 10 Worldwide support