Dr. Abby Stoddard

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  "We were surprised," said CIC fellow Abby Stoddard, who co-wrote the report.
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  Stoddard said in some cases criminals were kidnapping aid workers and then striking deals with political groups.
  
  Although deaths of expatriates make the headlines, the vast majority of victims are locals -- 104 national staff were killed in 2008, up from 71 in 2007. Nationals are more exposed because they are more likely to work in the field.
  
  Stoddard said aid agencies had made some progress in improving security but urged them to do more to protect local staff and partners.
  
  Humanitarian workers came under attack in 25 countries last year. The other most dangerous places included Pakistan, where five aid workers were killed, Democratic Republic of Congo, with a death toll of four, and Sri Lanka, Chad and Mozambique, which saw three deaths each.
  
  Aid workers told Reuters they feared 2009 would prove as bad if not worse. Stoddard agreed. "Based on the number of incidents we're seeing already in this quarter, I think that's a correct assessment," she said.

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  Abby Stoddard
  
  Abby Stoddard is a senior associate at New York University's Center on International Cooperation, where she performs independent research and international consultations on issues in humanitarian assistance and post-conflict reconstruction. She has a Masters Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, and a Ph.D. in Politics at New York University. Before joining the Center on International Cooperation, she worked for 10 years with relief and development organizations, first for CARE USA as Desk Officer for Russia and the CIS, and most recently as Program Director for Doctors of the World (Médecins du Monde-USA). She has authored several articles and book chapters on topics relating to humanitarian action, NGOs, and the US foreign aid architecture. Check Abby Stoddard out at www.cic.nyu.edu/ . Books by Abby Stoddard :
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  Abby StoddardSenior Research Associate at NYU's Center on International Cooperation
  
  Abby Stoddard is a Senior Research Associate at New York University's Center on International Cooperation, where she coordinates CIC's research and policy consultations on issues in international humanitarian action.
  
  She is the author of Humanitarian Alert: NGO Information and its Impact on U.S. Foreign Policy (Kumarian Press, 2006).In addition, she has written articles and book chapters on humanitarian action, non-governmental organization and the U.S. foreign aid architecture.Most recently, she was co-author â€" along with colleagues Adele Harmer and Katherine Haver â€" of Providing Aid in Insecure Environments: Trends in Policy and Operations.
  
  Dr. Stoddard's professional experience includes ten years with international humanitarian organizations, first for CARE USA as Desk Officer for Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.Later on, she was Program Director for Doctors of the World (Médecins du Monde-USA).
  
  Her training and practical experience include disaster assessment, emergency public health programming, project management and evaluation.
  
  Since joining the Center on International Cooperation in 2000, Abby has performed several policy reviews and evaluations for UN agencies, donor governments, and non-governmental organizations.

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  "We were surprised," said CIC fellow Abby Stoddard who co-wrote the report.
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  Stoddard said in some cases criminals were kidnapping aid workers and then striking deals with political groups.
  
  Although deaths of expatriates make the headlines, the vast majority of victims are locals - 104 national staff were killed in 2008, up from 71 in 2007. Nationals are more exposed because they are more likely to work in the field due to their local knowledge and language skills.
  
  Stoddard said aid agencies had made some progress in improving security, but urged them to do more to protect local staff and partners.
  
  "There's this false assumption that national staff are safer than international staff because they are locals and they don't stand out as much," she said.
  
  "The threats are different, but there are still threats that haven't been adequately assessed and mitigated by the agencies."
  
  Stoddard said agencies often failed to appreciate that a community might consider an aid worker from a different region of the country as much an outsider as a foreigner. In some conflicts, an aid worker's ethnic background might also put them at increased risk.
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  Stoddard was also pessimistic about the coming year. "Based on the number of incidents we're seeing already in this quarter, I think that's a correct assessment," she said.

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  Abby Stoddard
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  "We were surprised," said CIC fellow Abby Stoddard, who co-wrote the report.
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  Ms. Stoddard said in some cases criminals were kidnapping aid workers and then striking deals with political groups.
  
  Although deaths of expatriates make the headlines, the vast majority of victims are locals -- 104 national staff were killed in 2008, up from 71 in 2007. Nationals are more exposed because they are more likely to work in the field.
  
  Ms. Stoddard said aid agencies had made some progress in improving security but urged them to do more to protect local staff and partners.
  
  Humanitarian workers came under attack in 25 countries last year. The other most dangerous places included Pakistan, where five aid workers were killed, Democratic Republic of Congo, with a death toll of four, and Sri Lanka, Chad and Mozambique, which saw three deaths each.
  
  Aid workers told Reuters they feared 2009 would prove as bad if not worse. Ms. Stoddard agreed. "Based on the number of incidents we're seeing already in this quarter, I think that's a correct assessment," she said.

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  Violence against aid workers "is not random, but overwhelmingly directly targeted,and increasingly politically motivated," states Abby Stoddard, a co-author of the report and a senior research associate at the Center on International Cooperation.
  
  Terrorists in trouble spots like the Sudan, Somalia, and Afghanistan target aid workers from nongovenmental organizations (NGOs) to force them to leave, cutting off avenues of assistance for the population.For example, the ambush and murder of five aid workers for Doctors Without Borders in 2004 led the organization to pull out of Afghanistan.
  
  "If you're trying to destabilize the governments, it's a very effective tool of terror to attack the last hope the beneficiaries have in that area," says Stoddard.

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  Violence against aid workers 'is not random, but overwhelmingly directly targeted-and increasingly politically motivated,' states Abby Stoddard, a co-author of the report and a senior research associate at the Center on International Cooperation.

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  Ms. Abby Stoddard Senior Research Associate, Center on International Cooperation

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  Presentations will be made by the USG for Legal Affairs, Mr. Nicolas Michel; the USG for Safety and Security, Mr. David Veness; and Ms. Abby Stoddard, Senior Research Associate, Center on International Cooperation.

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  For instance, of the $5.2 billion in aid pledged by governments to Afghanistan, only $3.9 million has been committed through contracts and only $3.3 billion is actually in use, according to Abby Stoddard, a research associate at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University.

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