ABSTRACT
‘Experience shows that the proper use of evidence may not prevail in decision-making in humanitarian action. Evidence-based decision-making encompasses external evidence, expertise and beneficiaries’ values and circumstances’ (Bradt 2009: 19). Throughout this book, it has been argued that evidence-based humanitarian action requires ongoing collection and analysis of adequate information which supports professionals in deciding whether a humanitarian intervention is appropriate or not, and in what capacity and mode it should be delivered. The production of such evidence can be focused on numerous topics such as the probability of disasters, their potential impacts, risks of escalation, the local, national and international needs and capacities to respond, the impacts of an intervention and the overall contextual situation in terms of political, social, economic, environmental, food, health and security matters.
