Humanitarian emergency fund: independent review

Independent review of the HEF to assess impacts and possible improvements.


Appendix 5: Bibliography

In addition to Scottish Government and HEF internal documents, the review included desk research on trends and good practice in the humanitarian sector, consulting the following publications.

4 trends in global humanitarian aid, BOND article by Angus Urquhart, 6 Aug 2019,
https://www.bond.org.uk/news/2019/08/4-trends-in-global-humanitarian-aid

About CERF, Factsheet, UN,
https://cerf.un.org/sites/default/files/resources/AboutCERF_2019_20190125_2.pdf

Agenda for Humanity,
https://www.agendaforhumanity.org/sites/default/files/AgendaforHumanity.pdf

An end in sight: Multi-year planning to meet and reduce humanitarian needs in protracted crises, OCHA Think Brief, July 2015,
https://www.unocha.org/publication/policy-briefs-studies/fit-future-series-end-sight-multi-year-planning-meet-and-reduce

Blended finance 2.0 must address transparency and accountability, Blog by Gibran Haque, 9 July 2019,
https://www.convergence.finance/news-and-events/news/7sFKqWx4m1yYbBlXvc2aFy/view

Blending with guarantees: Hope or hype?, Blog by Justice Johnston, 30 July 2019,
https://www.convergence.finance/news-and-events/news/5sx7ivKz7eNwZBlLNRfN87/view

Cash-based Response, WHS Policy in Practice series, OECD, 2017,
http://www.oecd.org/development/humanitarian-donors/docs/cashbasedresponse.pdf

CERF Facts, Factsheet, UN,
https://cerf.un.org/sites/default/files/resources/121003_CERF_FactSheet.pdf

Charter for Change,
https://charter4change.org/

Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability, 2014,
https://corehumanitarianstandard.org/files/files/Core%20Humanitarian%20Standard%20-%20English.pdf

Country-Based Pooled Funds for Humanitarian Financing, Becky Carter, Institute of Development Studies, DFID K4D Helpdesk Report, November 2018,
https://www.gov.uk/dfid-research-outputs/country-based-pooled-funds-for-humanitarian-financing

DAC Recommendation on Ending Sexual Exploitation, Harassment and Abuse in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance: Key Pillars of Prevention and Response, OECD, 2019,
https://legalinstruments.oecd.org/en/instruments/OECD-LEGAL-5020

DAC Recommendation on the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus, OECD, 2019,
https://legalinstruments.oecd.org/public/doc/643/643.en.pdf

Disability in Humanitarian Context, Handicap International, 2016,
http://blog.handicap-international.org/influenceandethics/2015/07/30/study-disability-in-humanitarian-context/

Education in Emergencies Fund, website text,
https://www.educationcannotwait.org/about-ecw/

Ethiopia New Way of Working Progress Update, 1 May 2018,
https://agendaforhumanity.org/sites/default/files/resources/2018/May/Progress%20Update-Ethiopia-NWOW-1May2018.pdf

Funding to national and local humanitarian actors in Syria: Between sub-contracting and partnerships, L2GP, 2016,
http://www.local2global.info/wp-content/uploads/L2GP_funding_Syria_May_2016.pdf

Greater than the Sum of its Parts: Blended Finance Roadmap for Global Health, USAID Feb 2019,
https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1864/Blended-Finance-Roadmap-508.pdf

Global Ethical Finance Initiative website,
https://www.globalethicalfinance.org/

Global Humanitarian Overview 2019, UNOCHA,
https://www.unocha.org/sites/unocha/files/GHO2019.pdf

Grand Bargain annual independent report, HPG ODI, June 2019,
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/GrandBargainReport.pdf

How small business can play a big role in in humanitarian crises, World Economic Forum Blog by Badr Jafar, Chief Executive Officer, Crescent Enterprises, 13 January 2017,
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/how-small-business-can-play-a-big-role-in-humanitarian-crises

Humanitarian crises cost more than ever. But businesses can help, World Economic Forum Blog by Sara Pantuliano, Acting Executive Director, ODI, 12 January 2018,
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/01/humanitarian-crises-cost-private-sector-blended-finance

Humanitarian Development Coherence, OECD Commitments into Action policy brief, 2017,
https://www.oecd.org/development/humanitarian-donors/docs/COHERENCE-OECD-Guideline.pdf

Humanitarian Policy Group Annual Report 2018-19, ODI, 2019,
https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/resource-documents/12857.pdf

IASC Commitments on Accountability to Affected People and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, 2017,
https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/accountability-affected-populations-including-protection-sexual-exploitation-and-abuse/documents-56

Imagining More Effective Humanitarian Aid: A Donor Perspective, Rachel Scott, OECD Development Co-operation Working Paper 18, 2014
http://www.oecd.org/dac/imagining-humanitarian-aid.htm

Inclusivity and invisibility in humanitarian action, HPG Integrated Programme Proposal April 2019-March 2021, ODI, 2019,
https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/project-document/12601.pdf

Key trends in Global Humanitarian Assistance 2019, Development Initiatives,
http://devinit.org/post/briefing-key-trends-global-humanitarian-assistance-2019/

Localization Examined, ICVA briefing paper, 2018,
https://www.icvanetwork.org/resources/localization-examined-icva-briefing-paper

Localising the Response, OECD, 2017,
http://www.oecd.org/development/humanitarian-donors/docs/Localisingtheresponse.pdf

Minimum Economic Recovery Standards (3rd edition), SPHERE core standards, 2017,
https://www.spherestandards.org/resources/minimum-economic-recovery-standards-mers-english/

Multi-Year Funding to Humanitarian Organisations in Protracted Crises, Helpdesk Research Report, Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2011
, http://www.gsdrc.org/docs/open/hdq742.pdf

Multi-year humanitarian funding, OECD Commitments into Action Series policy brief, 2017,
https://www1.oecd.org/development/humanitarian-donors/docs/multiyearfunding.pdf

Multi-year humanitarian funding: a thematic evaluation, HPG ODI, 2019,
https://www.odi.org/publications/11400-multi-year-humanitarian-funding-thematic-evaluation

New financing partnerships for humanitarian impact, HPG ODI, 2019,
https://www.odi.org/publications/11266-new-financing-partnerships-humanitarian-impact

New Way of Working website text,
https://agendaforhumanity.org/initiatives/5358

Nigeria Humanitarian Fund Annual Report 2018, UN OCHA,
https://www.unocha.org/sites/unocha/files/Nigeria%20HF%202018%20Annual%20report.pdf

On the road to 2020 Grand Bargain Commitment to support National and Local Responders, Trocaire policy brief, 2018,
https://www.trocaire.org/sites/default/files/resources/policy/on-the-road-to-2020-localisation-the-grand-bargain.pdf

Using the CHS to strengthen safeguarding mechanisms, Open Letter from Judith Greenwood, Executive Director, CHS Alliance, and, Pierre Hauselmann, Executive Director, HQAI, 5 March 2018,
https://www.chsalliance.org/news/latest-news/using-the-chs-to-strengthen-safeguarding-mechanisms-chs-alliance-hqai-issue-open-letter

Pooled Funds: How Can NGOs Engage?, ICVA briefing paper, 2017,
https://www.icvanetwork.org/resources/topic-three-briefing-paper-pooled-funding-how-can-ngos-engage

Principles of Partnership,
https://www.icvanetwork.org/principles-partnership-statement-commitment

PSEA in the Kenya Refugee Program Checklist, IRC Kenya Draft, 2005,
https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3A%2F%2Fpseataskforce.org%2Fuploads%2Ftools%2Fchecklistpreventingseainthekenyarefugeeprogramdraft_kenyarefugeeprogrampreventionofseacomittee_english.doc

PSEA Implementation Quick Reference Handbook, Corinne Davey and Lucy Heaven Taylor, CHS, 2017,
https://www.chsalliance.org/get-support/resource/psea-implementation-quick-reference-handbook/

Safeguarding in humanitarian organisations: a practical look at response, ODI Blog by Kelsey Hoppe and Christine Williamson, 19 July 2018,
https://odihpn.org/blog/safeguarding-humanitarian-organisations-practical-look-response/

Stockholm Declaration: Addressing Fragility and Building Peace in a Changing World, International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding, 5th Global meeting, April 2016 Stockholm,
https://www.pbsbdialogue.org/media/filer_public/1e/23/1e237c73-5518-4a03-9a87-b1aa6d914d20/stockholm_declaration.pdf

Summary of High-Level Working Group on Operationalizing and Financing Collective Outcomes, International Network on Conflict and Fragility, OECD-UN-WB, March 2018,
https://agendaforhumanity.org/sites/default/files/resources/2018/Sep/Operationalizing_and_Financing_Collective_Outcomes_OECD_UN.pdf

The future of humanitarian transparency - assembling the big picture, ReliefWeb Blog by Anna Petruccelli, Senior IATI Specialist at ActionAid UK, and Daniel Stevens, Director, Accountability Operations & Transparency at World Vision international, 6 June 2019,
https://reliefweb.int/report/world/future-humanitarian-transparency-assembling-big-picture

The Humanitarian Financing Landscape: Realities and Emerging Trends for NGOs, ICVA briefing paper, 2016,
https://www.icvanetwork.org/topic-one-humanitarian-financing-landscape-realities-and-emerging-trends-ngos

The New Way of Working Examined, ICVA briefing paper, 2017,
https://www.icvanetwork.org/resources/new-way-working-examined-icva-briefing-paper

The State of the Humanitarian System: 2018 Edition, ALNAP,
https://www.alnap.org/help-library/the-state-of-the-humanitarian-system-2018-full-report

Towards a Better System for Humanitarian Financing, Casement Lecture by Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator, Mark Lowcock, March 2018,
https://cerf.un.org/document/casement-lecture-towards-better-system-humanitarian-financing-usgerc-mark-lowcock

Towards Better Humanitarian Donorship: 12 lessons from DAC Peer Reviews, OECD 2012,
http://www.oecd.org/dac/peer-reviews/12lessons.pdf

To solve the World's Problems, the global development community turns towards the private sector, Blog by Joan M. Larrea, Justice Johnston, 16 July 2019,
https://www.convergence.finance/news-and-events/news/7vQmz62G2OhPjwDGyxd3jj/view

Value for Money of Multi-year Approaches to Humanitarian Funding, Courtenay Cabot Venton, DFID-funded paper, 2013,
https://www.gov.uk/dfid-research-outputs/value-for-money-of-multi-year-approaches-to-humanitarian-funding

What people want: building resilience and stability in conflict and crises, Relief Web Blog by Matthew Wyatt, Deputy Director and Head of Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Dept, and Barbara Lecq, Protracted Crises Adviser, DFID, 4 June 2019,
https://reliefweb.int/report/world/what-people-want-building-resilience-and-stability-conflict-and-crises

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