Humanitarian Assistance and Accountability

What is it about?

"Accountability" is an important and oft-used, yet vaguely understood, concept in the humanitarian community. This article looks at how various humanitarian organizations around the world define "accountability". It also highlights the important fact that different organizations often refer to different concepts when talking about "accountability", and how there is a lack of emphasis on "enforcement/enforceability" in their definitions.

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Why is it important?

Our findings show that there is a need for greater dialogue to reach a consensus on what "accountability" truly means, so as to actually have a positive effect on the aid recipients.