The crisis caravan : what's wrong with humanitarian aid?

Polman, Linda. (Author). Waters, Liz, (translator.).

Summary:

Linda Polman takes us to war zones around the globe to show the often compromised results of aid workers' best intentions. It is time, Polman argues, 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. --From publisher description.

Contents:

Goma: a "
total ethical disaster"

Contract fever
MONGOs
Donor darlings
Aid as a weapon of war
Refugee warriors
The hunger weapon
When recipients call the shots
Afghaniscam
The logic of the humanitarian era
Afterword: Ask them questions.

Item details

ISBN: 0312610580
ISBN: 9780312610586
ISBN: 0805092900
ISBN: 9780805092905
Physical Description: 229 pages ; 22 cm
print
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Books, [2010]
Copyright: ©2010

Contents / Notes

General Note:	"First English edition published in the United Kingdom in 2010 under the title War games by Viking, London" Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Goma: a "total ethical disaster" Contract fever MONGOs Donor darlings Aid as a weapon of war Refugee warriors The hunger weapon When recipients call the shots Afghaniscam The logic of the humanitarian era Afterword: Ask them questions.
Language Note:	Translation of: De crisiskaravaan.