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One of the core commitments of most international humanitarian organizations
is to strengthen the capacity of local agencies to respond
to crises and to participate more fully in their respective civil societies.
To do anything less, the agencies argue persuasively, would be to leave
those societies vulnerable to recurring emergencies. The track record of
humanitarian organizations, however, is better in delivering life-saving
assistance than in strengthening local capacity.
The externality of major international relief undertakings raises serious
questions about the scale and appropriateness of the assistance
provided. The essentially foreign character of such interventions also
works against the expressed preference of the agencies for greater local
participation and mutuality. In the heat of each new crisis, the scramble
to save lives often eclipses the goal of partnership with local institutions.
Moreover, patterns of relationships established during the relief phases
of conflicts, many of them distressingly long-lived, are difficult to alter
as reconstruction and development possibilities open up
IAN SMILLIE - Personal Name
1st Edition
1-56549-130-0
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Management
English
Kumarian Press
2015
USA
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