This report documents the findings of a study on the changing role of donor governments in the management of humanitarian assistance. It describes the changes that have been subsumed under the label of 'bilateralism'; identifies the implications; and proposes an agenda for 'good donorship'.

Joanna Macrae, Sarah Collinson, Margie Buchanan-Smith, Nicola Reindorp, Anna Schmidt, Tasneem Mowjee and Adele Harmer