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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783410303321

Titolo

Patronage or partnership [[electronic resource] ] : local capacity building in humanitarian crises / / edited by Ian Smillie for the Humanitarianism and War Project

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa, : International Development Research Centre, c2001

ISBN

9786610744541

1-56549-129-7

1-280-74454-5

1-55250-211-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SmillieIan

Disciplina

363.34/988/097124

Soggetti

Emergency management - Developing countries

Humanitarian assistance - Developing countries

International relief - Developing countries

Crisis management - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Capacity Building and the Humanitarian Enterprise; 2 Reconstructing Bosnia, Constructing Civil Society: Disjuncture and Convergence; 3 Alternative Food Aid Strategies and Local Capacity Building in Haiti; 4 Rebuilding Local Capacities in Mozambique: The National Health System and Civil Society; 5 Means without End: Humanitarian Assistance in Sri Lanka; 6 Women's Organizations in Guatemalan Refugee and Returnee Populations; 7 Sierra Leone: Peacebuilding in Purgatory; 8 From Patrons to Partners?; Abbreviations; Select Bibliography; About the Contributors

Index

Sommario/riassunto

Much has been written about the need to build local capacities in emergency and postemergency situations. Many relief programs, however, remain characterized by externality: in their funding, accountabilities, approach to management, and dependence upon expatriate staff. Reality often flies in the face of stated policy and good intentions. In reality, strengthening local capacity is easier said than



done, and there are real tradeoffs between outsiders doing something right now in the midst of an emergency, on the one hand, and building longer term local skills, on the other.