Research Volume

Raising the Bar project produced a Research Volume includíng all case studies, case study group findings and framework analyses.

To download individual chapters and sections of the reserach volume, please select from below:

Foreword
Julia Steets and Daniel S. Hamilton

Part I—Introduction and Background
Chapter 1
Emergency Response and Preparedness as a Common Challenge
for the EU and the U.S.
Julia Steets

Chapter 2
From B-Envelopes to the F-Bureau: Understanding Transatlantic
Approaches to Humanitarian Assistance
Julia Steets

Part II—Improving Humanitarian Assistance through the
Implementation of Lessons Learned
Chapter 3
Improving the Implementation of Lessons Learned: Gender and
Local Capacity in EU and U.S. Humanitarian Assistance
Andrea Binder

Case Studies
Chapter 4
Nepal: The European Commission, the U.S. and the Implementation
of the World Food Program’s Gender Policy
Mariangela Bizzarri

Chapter 5
Darfur: Action Contre la Faim, the European Commission, the U.S.
and the Integration of Gender Perspectives into Humanitarian Assistance
Domitille Kaufmann

Chapter 6
Nicaragua: the Efforts of CARE, the European Commission and the U.S. to
Strengthen Local Capacity
Silvia Hidalgo and Soledad Posada

Chapter 7
Palestine: European Commission and U.S. Strategies to Work
with Local Capacities
François Grünewald

Part III—Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development
Chapter 8
The Will to Bridge? European Commission and U.S. Approaches
to Linking Relief, Rehabilitation, and Development
Kai Koddenbrock

Case Studies
Chapter 9
South Sudan: European Commission and U.S. Approaches to
Linking Relief, Rehabilitation, and Development
Paul Harvey

Chapter 10
Democratic Republic of Congo: European Commission and
U.S. Approaches to Linking Relief, Rehabilitation, and Development
Kai Koddenbrock

Chapter 11
Afghanistan: European Commission and U.S. Approaches to
Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development
François Grünewald

Chapter 12
Chad: European Commission and U.S. Approaches to
Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development
François Grünewald

Part IV—Business Engagement in Emergency Relief and Preparedness
Chapter 13
Profits and Principles: Business Engagement in Humanitarian Assistance
Kelly Johnson

Case Studies
Chapter 14
Humanitarian Firms: Commercial Business Engagement
in Emergency Response
Abby Stoddard

Chapter 15
Insuring Against Disasters: Commercial Business Engagement
in Emergency Preparedness
Cortnie Shupe

Chapter 16
Humanitarian Assistance and Corporate Social Responsibility
Lothar Rieth

Chapter 17
European Commission and U.S. Approaches to Business
Engagement in Disaster Relief and Preparedness
Rolando Tomasini

Part V—Civil-Military Relations in Disaster Response
Chapter 18
Civil-Military Relations in Disaster Response
Jean-Luc Marret

Case Studies
Chapter 19
Civil–Military Relations in Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo:
A Case Study on Crisis Management in Complex Emergencies
Gudrun Van Pottelbergh

Chapter 20
The Next Emergency in Kosovo: Political and Institutional Considerations
Edward Joseph

Chapter 21
Response to the 2004 Tsunami: An International Perspective
Howard Roy Williams

Chapter 22
Civil-Military Relations after Katrina
Jean-Loup Samaan and Laurent Verneuil

Part VI—Conclusions and Recommendations
Chapter 23
A Joint Transatlantic Agenda for Action in Humanitarian Assistance
Julia Steets

List of Acronyms

Bibliography

About the Authors