Patronage or Partnership : Local Capacity Building in Humanitarian Crises.

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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 f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smillie, Ian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 2001.
Temas:
Crisis management > Developing countries.
Emergency management > Developing countries.
Humanitarian assistance > Developing countries.
International relief > Developing countries.
Crisis management
Emergency management
Humanitarian assistance
International relief
Developing countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (224 pages)
ISBN:9781552502112
1552502112
1280744545
9781280744549

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