Aid and relief programmes

Elise Lufkin and Diana Walker once again present a moving collection of profiles, in beautiful, duotone photographs and moving text, of dogs that have found new lives after being throw away dogs.

This book provides fresh perspectives on a key period in the history of humanitarianism.

A Dream So Big is the story of Steve Peifer, a corporate manager who once oversaw 9,000 computer software consultants, who today helps provide daily lunches for over 20,000 Kenyan school children in thirty-five national public schools, and maintains solar-powered computer labs at twenty rural African schools.

Overcoming state fragility is one of the most important international development objectives of the 21st century.

Drawing on international, state and private sector case studies and a global survey, this book examines local engagement in disaster relief.

Africa is poor.

In 1996, the World Bank President, James Wolfensohn, declared that his organization would henceforth be 'the knowledge bank'.

Today international development policy is converging around ideas of neoliberal reform, democratisation and poverty reduction.

In 1998, on the lookout for adventure and willing to take a risk, John Burnett left the comforts of the mainstream and became a UN relief worker in Somalia.

In the mid-1990s, as many as one million North Koreans died in one of the worst famines of the twentieth century.

An eye-opening account exploring common themes between major disasters and providing important lessons for successful natural hazard mitigation.

This book explores the significance of religious resurgence and violence in Nigeria, and how informal local government power-sharing reduces communal Muslim-Christian violence.

A "e;superb account"e; of the disastrous loss of a Russian submarine off the nation's northern coast and its repercussions (Publishers Weekly).

International organizations do not always live up to the expectations and mandates of their member countries.

Social workers are increasingly engaged in supporting individuals and communities in long-term disaster recovery.

After almost forty years of development aid most commentators agree that aid as we know it has not worked.

Calderisi shows that Africa has steadily lost markets by its own mismanagement; that corrupt, dictatorial regimes have hobbled agriculture, enterprise and foreign investment; that African family values and fatalism are more destructive than tribalism; and that African leaders prey intentionally on Western guilt.

Disaster management is an increasingly important subject, as effective management of both natural and manmade disasters is essential to save lives and minimize casualties.

In 2010, Haiti was ravaged by a brutal earthquake that affected the lives of millions.

The 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in West Africa was an unprecedented medical and political emergency that cast an unflattering light on multiple corners of government and international response.

Part of the popular Understanding Public Health series, this book provides an introductory overview of current health-related challenges and policy debates on appropriate responses to different humanitarian conflicts.

This edited volume analyzes the evolution of international disaster law as a field that encompasses new ideas about human rights, sovereignty, and technology.

Foreign aid is about charity.

In Making the World Safe, historian Julia Irwin offers an insightful account of the American Red Cross, from its founding in 1881 by Clara Barton to its rise as the government's official voluntary aid agency.

This book provides a step-by-step process that focuses on how to develop, practice, and maintain emergency plans that reflect what must be done before, during, and after a disaster, in order to protect people and property.

In 2013 almost half of Africa's top aid recipients were ruled by authoritarian regimes.

Foreign aid is now a $100bn business and is expanding more rapidly today than it has for a generation.

Since the end of the Cold War, the protection of human life has been a key priority of the international community.

The Syrian war has been an example of the abuse and insufficient delivery of humanitarian assistance.

Foreign aid is now a $100bn business and is expanding more rapidly today than it has for a generation.

For many years Tanzania was the darling of international aid agencies.

An encouraging account of the potential of foreign aid to reduce poverty and a challenge to all aid organizations to think harder about how they spend their money.

From natural disaster areas to conflict zones, humanitarian workers today find themselves operating in diverse and difficult environments.

The Syrian war has been an example of the abuse and insufficient delivery of humanitarian assistance.

Economic aid is one of the cornerstones of the Egyptian-American relationship, and plays a significant role in promoting US policy objectives in the Middle East.

The terrible 1984 famine in Ethiopia focused the world's attention on the country and the issue of aid as never before.

'An indispensible inquiry into our moral health and humanity.

Armenia receives one of the highest levels of international aid per capita in the Western world, and among the highest of the post-Soviet states.

Reviews recent lessons about decentralized governance and implications for future development programs and policies.

Throughout the 1990s, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) was forced to face the challenges posed by the genocide of Rwandan Tutsis and a succession of outbreaks of political violence in Rwanda and its neighbouring countries.

The theories and case studies examined in this volume constitute a thorough study of foreign intervention in civil conflicts for the purpose of rendering humanitarian aid.

As the number of people affected by disasters has risen, so have the expectations placed on humanitarian agencies by donors, the public and the affected populations themselves.

Although Germany was one of the principal colonising nations in Africa and today is the world's second largest aid donor, there is no literature on the postcolonial condition of contemporary German development policy.

This book provides a detailed and comparative assessment of the humanitarian responses to major disasters in Asia over the past two decades.

Part of the popular Understanding Public Health series, this book provides an introductory overview of current health-related challenges and policy debates on appropriate responses to different humanitarian conflicts.