Food aid continues to be controversial. This book, first published in 1991, which concentrates on recent experience, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, provided a stocktaking on the state of the debate and the contribution that economics and other so...Loe edasi...
Focusing on emergency medical humanitarian assistance, this accessible new text provides practical clinical guidance for those working in emergency medicine, critical care, and military medicine. New developments together with insights into current...Loe edasi...
The Handbook of Disaster Response and Recovery covers the two post-disaster stages of the disaster cycle and presents a comprehensive and cutting-edge overview of their many considerations....Loe edasi...
This important new textbook provides a concise and practice-oriented introduction to the humanitarian sector and the key debates surrounding it. This exciting new textbook will be important for students wanting a comprehensive introduction, as well...Loe edasi...
This book considers how basic income could be used as a mechanism for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in African agrarian societies. It will be of interest to readers across the fields of global development, African studies, an...Loe edasi...
The European Union and Humanitarian Crises: Patterns of Intervention addresses the allocation of foreign aid within the framework of the European Unions Humanitarian Aid policy and analyses different Member States intervention strategies designed to...Loe edasi...
The book explores the increasing types, dimensions and dynamics of crisis threats, arguing that humanitarians can only meet challenges if they fundamentally shift their approaches to strategic and operational planning. This book will be an essential...Loe edasi...
This book offers a rich combination of aid history and a nuanced perspective of aid partnerships at the country level. It will be of interest to professionals and academics of aid and development studies, policy studies, development aid and politica...Loe edasi...
This book offers leaders, especially those in disaster management, a way to improve their ability to lead, serve, and protect others during disasters and crises. An essential text for aspiring and experienced leaders, especially those in the fields...Loe edasi...
The USA contributes more foreign aid than any other state in the world, and is often recognized as a leader in engaging religious organizations in aid delivery. The book will be of interest to researchers across public policy, development, religion,...Loe edasi...
This book analyses the shifting patterns of Czechoslovak educational aid programmes for sub-Saharan African countries within the broader framework of the global debates on the nature of development aid in education discussed on the UNESCO grounds du...Loe edasi...
This book takes the topic of aviation crisis and emergency management and walks the reader through what aviation organisations must consider alongside legislation to fully respond to an incident. It will be essential for aviation students and profes...Loe edasi...
This book investigates the geo-politicization of foreign aid in recent years, against a background of global overarching crises such as climate change, conflict, COVID-19, economic crisis, energy shortages and migration....Loe edasi...
Drawing on the authors own experiences as an aid worker, as well as extensive original interviews and desk research, the book looks at the challenges faced by those who aspire to a family life, from dating and finding a partner who is happy to move,...Loe edasi...
Foreign Aid: Policy and Practice offers a complete overview of the basics of foreign aid. Who is it for? Who pays for it? Why does it exist? What is it spent on? How much is it? And most important, does it work?...Loe edasi...
International and Local Actors in Disaster Response uses the Beirut explosion in August 2020 to explore disaster prevention and response in developing states....Loe edasi...
This book is designed to educate vulnerable communities, emergency practitioners, and disaster researchers to build up the social and physical capacity of communities to mitigate and adapt to disaster impacts using a bottom-up framework to integrate...Loe edasi...
This book examines how the work of faith-based organisations (FBOs) can help us understand the role of religion in humanitarianism and international aid work....Loe edasi...
Closely examining the relationship between foreign correspondents of international news media and humanitarian organisations, Lena von Naso shows how the changing nature of foreign news and of aid is forcing them to form a deep co-dependency that is...Loe edasi...
