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

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



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Publisher: Picador
Format: pdf
Page: 240
ISBN: 9780312610586


In Crisis Caravan, Polman writes of aid having a) harmful unintended consequences by prolonging crisis and poverty, b) aid being completely useless and a burden on the locals and c) benefitting the wrong crowds i.e. Nov 13, 2010 - Just finished Philip Gourevitch's “Alms Dealer,” in October's The New Yorker. Whether these are extented in the wake of a natural disaster or in the aftermath of a war, Polman's personal anecdotes all echo the same conclusions: humanitarian aid (HA) is harmful. Nov 2, 2012 - Besides natural disasters like the one in Haiti, civil wars, ruthless dictators, oil money, and geopolitics are all factors that can warp efforts to help. Sep 16, 2010 - Linda Polman is a Dutch journalist who has just published The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid? New York: Metropolitan Books, 2010. Mar 14, 2013 - The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid? Apr 23, 2010 - The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid? In her controversial, no-holds-barred expose Linda Polman shows how a vast industry has grown up around humanitarian aid. I came across it through this Boston Globe. The Maren book mentioned above, is: Maren, Michael. Jun 13, 2011 - What counts as humanitarian aid?

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