This report was authored by Sophia Swithern, and reviewed by Sarah Dalrymple, Amy Dodd and Angus Urquhart (DI). The author would like to thank all of the staff at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Folke Bernadotte Academy, both in Stockholm and in regional or country offices, who kindly supported this study, gave generously with their time, and provided expertise, insights and documentation. A full list of these contributors is available in Appendix 3.
We would like to express our gratitude to the Global Humanitarian Assistance programme funders: the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada; the Human Rights, Good Governance and Humanitarian Aid Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands; the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency; and the Department for Humanitarian Action at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark.
