A critical examination of the interplay between international and local actors operating in the humanitarian arena in Africa. All sides emphasise the need to build local capacity for humanitarian action, yet the results have not been substantial. Even long-term, semi-permanent emergencies have generated little local capacity to assist and protect the victims of violence, displacement and related deprivations. In some cases, whatever local capacity did exist has been overwhelmed by the international aid presence. Why is this so? What is the case for a more even division of labour between North and South in this area, and why is it so difficult to bring about? The book focuses on cases from East Africa and the Horn. It considers institutional capacity in the public and private sector, as well as legal and social norms of humanitarian action.
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A curious pattern emerges from the voluminous statistics that trace the financial appeals of the international Red Cross movement during the last century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
international humanitarian regime, refugee sector, humanitarian arena, relief arena, local capacity issues, humanitarian scene, relief capacity, humanitarian actors, spoils politics, humanitarian sector, humanitarian capacity, relief sector, aid actors, refugee administration, implementing partners, settlement officer, humanitarian sphere, complex political emergency, building local capacity, refugee projects, refugee programmes, disaster relief industry, refugee matters, humanitarian action, local capacity building Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Red Cross, United Nations, East Africa, Kathina Juma, Red Crescent, New York, Human Rights Watch, Security Council, Cold War, Catholic Church, Democratic Republic of the Congo, International Conference, James Currey, African Rights, Siad Barre, South Africa, Addis Ababa, Care International, General Assembly, Lutheran World Federation, Oxford University Press, Spanish Civil War, West Nile, World War, Additional Protocols New!
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A curious pattern emerges from the voluminous statistics that trace the financial appeals of the international Red Cross movement during the last century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
international humanitarian regime, refugee sector, humanitarian arena, relief arena, local capacity issues, humanitarian scene, relief capacity, humanitarian actors, spoils politics, humanitarian sector, humanitarian capacity, relief sector, aid actors, refugee administration, implementing partners, settlement officer, humanitarian sphere, complex political emergency, building local capacity, refugee projects, refugee programmes, disaster relief industry, refugee matters, humanitarian action, local capacity building Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Red Cross, United Nations, East Africa, Kathina Juma, Red Crescent, New York, Human Rights Watch, Security Council, Cold War, Catholic Church, Democratic Republic of the Congo, International Conference, James Currey, African Rights, Siad Barre, South Africa, Addis Ababa, Care International, General Assembly, Lutheran World Federation, Oxford University Press, Spanish Civil War, West Nile, World War, Additional Protocols New!
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- Partnership in Action. Profiles of Member Organisations by PARinAc on 4 pages
- The Spanish Civil War by Sheelagh M. Ellwood on page 23, and page 183
- The International Committee of the Red Cross: A Neutral Humanitarian Actor (Global Institutions) by David P. Forsythe on page 25, and page 183
- The Spanish Civil War: Revised Edition (Modern Library Paperbacks) by Hugh Thomas on page 23, and page 184
- Development Aid (Aspects of Britain) by Central Office of Information on page 189
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- Human Rights, the Rule of Law, and Development in Africa (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights) by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza in Back Matter
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