Essays about: "Disaster Assistance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 essays containing the words Disaster Assistance.

  1. 1. Anatomy of corruption in humanitarian assistance: a retrospective analysis of emergency response operations of the Liberia Red Cross Society (LRCS) to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Liberia (2014 – 2016)

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Elisha Lawodo Bloe; [2023]
    Keywords : emergency response and recovery; humanitarian assistance; corruption; Ebola virus disease;

    Abstract : This study critically explores the pervasive issue of corruption in humanitarian assistance, focusing on the Liberia Red Cross Society (LRCS) during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia from 2014-2016. For a country grappling with broken infrastructure and fragile healthcare systems due to a 14-year-long civil war, the Ebola crisis in Liberia was an unprecedented disaster as evidenced by 10,672 recorded cases and 4,808 reported fatalities between 2014 and 2016. READ MORE

  3. 2. Enhanced Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments as an organisational learning bridge for resilience building? A case study of Red Cross National Societies in the Caribbean

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Gwenaëlle Delcourt; [2023]
    Keywords : Organisational learning; resilience; vulnerability and capacity assessments VCAs ; red cross red crescent; Disaster risk management; MMO; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Adaptive capacity based on organisational learning (OL) is at once a critical imperative facing humanitarian organisations in their mission to save lives and support communities most at risk; and inherently evidenced as an enduring weakness over the past decades. Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments (VCA) are community-based risk assessments established for their utility in supporting communities’ iterative learning. READ MORE

  4. 3. Donors’ priorities when reducing HMA allocation : Are the needs of people the criteria of decision-making when it comes to budget cuts in Humanitarian Mine Action?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Michael Frei; [2023]
    Keywords : Humanitarian Mine Action; Official Development Assistance; Humanitarian Assistance; aid allocation; budget cuts; needs of people; Australia; Germany;

    Abstract : There is always competition between regions when it comes to their needs after facing a conflict, disaster, or long-term crisis. Donors allocating ODA or Humanitarian Assistance must decide to whom they want to allocate their support. READ MORE

  5. 4. From Identification to Implementation: The Use of Local Knowledge in Disaster Management : A case study on the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescents Societies response to the Nepal earthquake 2015-2019

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Natalie Brossé; [2022]
    Keywords : Local Knowledge; Indigenous Knowledge; IFRC; Disaster Response; Disaster Assistance; Disaster Management;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how local knowledge is identified and implemented in disaster responseand recovery programmes conducted by international aid organizations. The case that isexamined in the analysis is the International Federation of Red Cross and Red CrescentSocieties response and recovery operations conducted in the aftermath of the Nepalearthquake 2015-2019. READ MORE

  6. 5. Linking Forecast-based Financing to Shock-responsive Social Protection Programmes to Scale Up Assistance against Climate Hazards

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Sára Csapó; [2022]
    Keywords : forecast-based financing; social protection; shock-responsive social protection; anticipatory action; humanitarian action; disaster risk management; climate hazards; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate hazards are increasing globally both in their intensity and frequency, requiring more integrated approaches that also strengthen national leadership over disaster management. Mobilizing resources ex-ante has been demonstrated as an effective way of reducing the impacts of hazards on livelihoods and protecting development gains, while social protection (SP) has also been demonstrating capacity to deliver faster assistance to disaster affected areas. READ MORE