Patronage or Partnership : Local Capacity Building in Humanitarian Crises.
Title:
Patronage or Partnership : Local Capacity Building in Humanitarian Crises.
Author:
Smillie, Ian.
ISBN:
9781552502112
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (224 pages)
Contents:
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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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