The main aims of the HRI are to contribute to ongoing efforts to improve the quality of humanitarian aid and ensure that it is used to assist those most in need in the most effective way possible, and with the greatest possible impact.
DARA teams also conduct field research on the ground in countries that experience crises in the year of study.
This quantitative and qualitative information is combined, and the performance of each donor country according to 35 indicators that aim to capture the essence of the GHD Principles.
These indicators are grouped into five pillars of good practice to measure the quality, effectiveness and impact of humanitarian action – (i) Responding to needs; (ii) Prevention, risk reduction and recovery; (iii) Working with humanitarian partners; (iv) Protection and international law; and (v) Learning and accountability.
Field missions have been conducted in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Georgia, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, the occupied Palestinian territory, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, Yemen and Zimbabwe.