ABSTRACT
Humanitarian action often has to take place in highly complex environments, with strong pressures on coordination and cooperation between a heterogeneous group of stakeholders, tough budget constraints, demanding accountability requirements and considerable time pressure. These are highly adverse circumstances for any decision-maker. Yet it is these contexts within which aid organizations have to take informed decisions, among others when, where and how to intervene or with whom to cooperate. Not surprisingly, the humanitarian sector is often accused of having taken wrong or insufficiently informed decisions.
