Following the world-wide success of the first edition of The Sphere Handbook, this new second edition is the result of feedback from current users and from training workshops, with revisions from a focal group of representatives from major organisations. Key changes include: addition of an entirely new section on Food security revisions from a cross-cutting review on Gender, Children, Elderly, Disabled, Environment, HIV/AIDS, Protection updated and refined qualitative and quantitative indicators expanded introduction and development of common standards clearer cross-referencing and more concise, user-friendly textThe new edition will be in the same handy A5 format and structure, with a new CD-ROM featuring the full text.