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

• Pubblicazione: Ottawa, : International Development Research Centre, c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.34/988/097124
• Soggetto topico: Emergency management - Developing countries; Humanitarian assistance - Developing countries; International relief - Developing countries; Crisis management - Developing countries
• Altri autori: SmillieIan
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Patronage or partnership
• ISBN: 9786610744541; 1-56549-129-7; 1-280-74454-5; 1-55250-211-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783410303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II