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Patronage or partnership : local capacity building in humanitarian crises

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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Corporate Author: International Development Research Centre Canada
Other Authors: Smillie, Ian.
Language:English
Published: Ottawa, Ont.: International Development Research Centre, c2001..
Subjects:
Emergency management -- > Developing countries.
Humanitarian assistance -- > Developing countries.
International relief -- > Developing countries.
Crisis management -- > Developing countries.
Gestion des situations d'urgence -- > Pays en voie de développement.
Aide humanitaire -- > Pays en voie de développement.
Secours international -- > Pays en voie de développement.
Gestion de crise -- > Pays en voie de développement.
NATURE -- > Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
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Table of Contents:
  • Capacity building and the humanitarian enterprise
  • Reconstructing Bosnia, constructing civil society: disjuncture and convergence
  • Alternative food aid strategies and local capacity building in Haiti
  • Rebuilding local capacities in Mozambique: the national health system and civil society
  • Means without end: humanitarian assistance in Sri Lanka
  • Women's organizations in Guatemalan refugee and returnee populations
  • Sierra Leone: peacebuilding in purgatory
  • From patrons to partners?

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