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Table 2

Summary of research on indicators for humanitarian evaluation frameworks

Research focus	Key indicators	Main limitations	Key references
Operations management	Response time; cost efficiency; needs satisfaction; operational effectiveness	Narrow focus on short-term metrics Lack of community engagement Limited adaptability to local contexts Rigid assumptions	Beamon and Balcik (2008); Kovács and Tatham (2009); Cardoso et al. (2023)
Development studies	Economic growth Human development index Infant mortality rates	Different context from humanitarian aid Miss the complexity of aid coordination Limited applicability	Headey (2008); Minoiu and Reddy (2010); Neanidis (2012)
Critical perspectives	Indigenous concepts Power relations Local grassroots movements	Limited practical implementation Lack of concrete metrics Theory-practice gap	Pallister-Wilkins (2021); Midgley (2023)

Research focus	Key indicators	Main limitations	Key references
Operations management	Response time; cost efficiency; needs satisfaction; operational effectiveness	Narrow focus on short-term metricsLack of community engagementLimited adaptability to local contextsRigid assumptions	Beamon and Balcik (2008); Kovács and Tatham (2009); Cardoso et al. (2023)
Development studies	Economic growthHuman development indexInfant mortality rates	Different context from humanitarian aidMiss the complexity of aid coordinationLimited applicability	Headey (2008); Minoiu and Reddy (2010); Neanidis (2012)
Critical perspectives	Indigenous conceptsPower relationsLocal grassroots movements	Limited practical implementationLack of concrete metricsTheory-practice gap	Pallister-Wilkins (2021); Midgley (2023)

Source(s): Author’s own work