Complex emergencies: The institutional impasse

Munslow, Barry

doi:10.1080/01436599914009

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“…Unlike most business supply chains, the humanitarian aid supply chain is often unstable. Sometimes, the supply chain breaks down at the receiving end (Munslow and Brown, 1999;Stewart, 1998;Byman et al, 2000), but it may also be unstable at its origin for two main reasons: politicised donations by governments and the competitive nature of fund-raising from private donors (Ebersole, 1995;Oloruntoba and Gray, 2002;Bennett and Daniel, 2002).…”

Section: The Humanitarian Supply Chainmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some argue that a better model would be a "relief to development continuum" where there is a transitional stage (Munslow and Brown, 1999), similar to the changing marketing and logistics strategies required for different stages of the product life cycle (Bowersox and Closs, 1996). Aid organisations may also be issue-related and therefore exist only temporarily, with each humanitarian effort requiring a new supply chain (McEntire, 1999).…”

Section: Supply Chain Management and Humanitarian Aidmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…NGOs often compete with each other for donations, with donors generally more sympathetic to emergencies than longer-term aid and development leading to wide divergence in levels of funding (Munslow and Brown, 1999;Bookstein, 2003). However, coordinated supply chains are well-established in business, and this paper seeks to apply key assumptions of business supply chain management and to determine their suitability for the analysis of humanitarian supply chains.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Humanitarian aid: an agile supply chain?

Oloruntoba

Gray

2006

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal

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Purpose -The purpose of this article is to investigate the nature of the humanitarian aid supply chain and discuss the extent to which certain business supply chain concepts, particularly supply chain agility, are relevant to humanitarian aid. Design/methodology/approach -The paper identifies elements of good practice in conventional business supply chains and applies them to the humanitarian aid supply chain, making use of published practice-based literature and web sites associated with humanitarian aid. Particular emphasis is placed on the concept of "agility" in supply chain management. A model of an agile supply chain for humanitarian aid is developed. Findings -Humanitarian supply chains have similarities with business supply chains, but there are significant differences. Many humanitarian supply chains have a short and unstable existence with an inadequate link between emergency aid and longer-term developmental aid. Unlike many business supply chains, typical emergency aid appeals assign inventory to a particular destination at the supply chain source. Practical implications -This research note is a starting-point for empirical studies to test the agile humanitarian supply chain model. Originality/value -This paper seeks to integrate humanitarian aid practice with concepts in the academic supply chain literature. In particular, proposes that humanitarian donors need convincing of the value of supply chain processes.

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Section: The Humanitarian Supply Chainmentioning

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Section: Supply Chain Management and Humanitarian Aidmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Humanitarian aid: an agile supply chain?

Oloruntoba

Gray

2006

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal

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“…44 Both scholars and practitioners have argued that the presence of international refugee regimes in a country provides combatants with valuable economic resources. 45 For instance, Zolberg et al argue that 'refugee warrior communities' are the direct result of 'relief assistance for the refugees' coming from the international refugee regime.…”

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Refugee Geography and the Diffusion of Armed Conflict in Africa

Fisk

2014

Civil Wars

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“…There is a considerable literature on the general subject of how best to support transition (from both humanitarian and conflict emergencies), e.g. on the need for a 'coherence agenda', the importance of addressing root social, economic and other causes of instability and conflict rather than assuming a blank slate approach, and consideration of the implications of the increasing securitization of aid (key texts include Munslow and Brown, 1997;White and Cliffe, 2000;Duffield, 2001;Macrae and Leader, 2001).…”

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Technical assistance for health in non‐conflict fragile states: challenges and opportunities

Gruber¹

2009

Health Planning & Management

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The paper examines how best technical assistance (TA) for health might be implemented in post-conflict fragile states. It does so in the light of current development trends such as harmonization and alignment and moves towards aid instruments that favour country-led approaches. A number of key issues are addressed. The first of these considers which core principles for ethical TA might apply in post-conflict fragile states; the second reviews thematic challenges, such as the need to balance 'good enough governance' with effective attention to equity, rights and working with local health capacity. A third area for discussion is how best to plan for, and implement, long-term health TA inputs in often volatile and insecure environments, while a fourth topic is the engagement of civil society in rebuilding health systems and service delivery post-conflict. Attention to gender issues in post-conflict fragile states, including the importance of acknowledging and acting upon women's roles in peacekeeping and maintenance, the necessity to apply and sustain more gender equitable approaches to health in such contexts and how TA might facilitate such participation, represents the fifth issue for debate.

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Complex emergencies: The institutional impasse

Cited by 26 publications

References 5 publications

Humanitarian aid: an agile supply chain?

Humanitarian aid: an agile supply chain?

Refugee Geography and the Diffusion of Armed Conflict in Africa

Technical assistance for health in non‐conflict fragile states: challenges and opportunities

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