The ALNAP Global Study responds to a growing consensus that the consultation and participation of disaster-affected populations during the planning, monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian action, is critical to the accountability and performance of the humanitarian sector. The Global Study seeks to test this hypothesis and to investigate current policy and field practice through six case studies. This study examines humanitarian practice in Huambo Province, Angola, encompassing inland cities, rural areas that have remained relatively accessible throughout the conflict and newly accessible areas heavily affected by fighting between 1999 and early 2002.