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The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid?

by: Polman

The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid?

by: Polman

ISBN 13:
9780805092905
ISBN 10:
0805092900
Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 09/14/2010
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
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Summary

A vast industry has grown up around humanitarian aid: a cavalcade of organizations--some 37,000--compete for a share of the $160 billion annual prize. Polman argues that it is time to impose ethical boundaries, to question whether doing something is always better than doing nothing, and to hold humanitarians responsible for the consequences of their deeds.

Author Biography

Linda Polman is an Amsterdam-based journalist who for fifteen years has reported from war zones for a range of European radio stations and newspapers. She is the author of We Did Nothing, which was shortlisted for the Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage.

Introduction	p. 1
Goma: A ôTotal Ethical Disasterö	p. 13
Contract Fever	p. 36
MONGOs	p. 48
Donor Darlings	p. 63
Aid as a Weapon of War	p. 95
Refugee Warriors	p. 106
The Hunger Weapon	p. 114
When Recipients Call the Shots	p. 123
Afghaniscam	p. 139
The Logic of the Humanitarian Era	p. 157
Afterword: Ask Them Questions	p. 172
Aidspeak	p. 181
Acknowledgments	p. 209
Notes	p. 211
Bibliography	p. 218
Index	p. 221
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