Sida's Contribution to Humanitarian Mine Action, Final Report

This report considers the contributions of the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) to Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) and examines a set of issues fundamental to understanding mine action from the perspective of social and economic impact. The study is based on evidence drawn from seven countries, including field visits, interviews, community studies, and document and literature reviews. The role and implication of impact assessment are reviewed, and a comparison is made of four different approaches to assessing social impact.

The report has two specific objectives and one broader overarching ambition. The first goal of the report is to assess Sida's contributions to mine action and to examine the strengths and weaknesses of its approach. The second, and related, objective of the report is to assist Sida in developing and revising its current policy guidelines on HMA. The third and overarching ambition of this report is to gain a better understanding of how contextual factors impinge on mine action.