ABSTRACT
In Chapters 3 to 10, we have outlined how to make a thorough analysis of the context of a humanitarian crisis. Various contexts for analysis have been identified – such as the health, political and social context – and for each specific context guidelines have been given as how to investigate the nature and characteristics of this specific context. In addition, the radar graph has been introduced as a tool to compile and compare evidence collected for various context dimensions. The next question of importance to humanitarian organizations and aid workers is how to decide – given a certain humanitarian crisis context – if humanitarian aid is required and, if so, how to arrive at a proposal for a humanitarian aid project or program on the basis of the information collected in the context analysis. In other words, how to adopt an evidence-based approach to humanitarian programming? This question is addressed in the next chapters of this book.
