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IA RTE of the humanitarian response to Pakistan’s 2010 Floods crisis
155. NDMA, with EAD and IASC representatives, define integrated results based monitoring
framework for future emergencies (aligned with single reporting format) which includes:
� measurable progress indicators
� outcome indicators
� level of expenditures
� 4 W’s (who, what, where and when)
8 ‐ General Conclusions and Recommendations
General Conclusions
Pakistan’s 2010 floods represent one of the major disasters of the 21 st century considering its
widespread geographical scale, the unprecedented caseload of affected populations and its
economic impact. This was the largest disaster ever recorded in terms of affected area, number
of affected people and households damaged. The disaster affected 78 out 122 districts in
Pakistan and one‐tenth of its nearly 200 million population and at one point one‐ fifth of the
country was submerged by flood waters. Nonetheless, the impact of the disaster at province
level was diverse, mainly due to different levels of vulnerability, existing capacities,
preparedness and resilience. The emergency was further compounded by pre‐existing chronic
poverty, inequality, limited access to basic services, inadequate governance, fragmentation of
the state, military dominance and the superposition of conflict and displacement in KPK and
Balochistan.
Donors generously funded the initial life‐saving activities during the emergency phase, while
funding for other non life‐saving and early recovery interventions was slower and funding
commitments lower. Rapid response mechanisms were essential to kick‐start the response,
however not all players had them in place or could access means to provide immediate
response. In Pakistan two stand‐alone appeals co‐existed; one focusing on the humanitarian
response to the 2009 IDP crisis while the other was launched in response to the floods.
However, as from August 2010 donors focused almost entirely on the floods appeal for which
contributions reached over 1.2 billion USD, while contributions to the IDP appeal were limited to
25 million USD.
The overall response has generally been positive thanks to the assistance provided by the local
population, Pakistani diaspora, local organizations, philanthropists, the military and the civilian
government, strongly supported and assisted by the international community. Despite affecting
more that 20 million people, there were no large scale deaths following the disaster as flash
floods were limited and the unprecedented humanitarian response prevented a major food
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