Date: 2004
Author: Kent, R, Dalton, M, von Hippel, K & Maurer, R

This study is guided by two central issues. The first issue is the ‘competitive aid environment’ and its impact on donors, aid organisations, the larger humanitarian system, and disaster- and emergency-affected peoples. Given this evolving aid environment, the second issue addressed is how the United Nations could best be configured in terms of its role, its efficiency in the use of resources and its effectiveness as a provider of humanitarian assistance.