Acknowledgements

This report was authored by Sarah Dalrymple (DI) and research was undertaken by Sarah Dalrymple and Amy Dodd (DI). The report was reviewed by Amy Dodd and Angus Urquhart (DI). The author would like to thank the wide range of stakeholders who contributed qualitative input through key informant interviews within and outside the UK government, with a special thanks to Barbara Lecq, Claire James and Rachel Devlin from DFID. 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.