Daniel Maxwell
Biographic Data
| ID | 3696345 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Maxwell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Maxwell |
| SIGNATURE | MAXWELL D |
| AFFILIATIONS | CARE International |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-7310-8754 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 151 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Improving Collection and Analysis of Qualitative Data in Humanitarian Information Systems
Quantitative information plays an important role in humanitarian analysis. Indeed, humanitarian information systems have built substantive standards and procedures and have invested significantly in cultivating analyst skill in collecting, analysing and integrating quantitative data into acute food insecurity and other humanitarian analyses, while also developing robust measures to cross-check its validity, reliability and representativeness. How…
Resilient food security information systems in the age of disruption: An ecosystem approach
Five levels of famine prevention: Towards a Framework for the Twenty-First Century and Beyond
In recent years, the world has faced a rapid rise in humanitarian needs and an increasing risk of famine. Given the potential threats posed by conflict, climate change, economic shocks, and other issues, it is important to be prepared for the possibility of new crises in the future. Drawing on key informant interviews and a literature review, this paper assesses the state of the art in famine prevention, examining a range of technical and politic…
How do information problems constrain anticipating, mitigating, and responding to crises
The Political Marketplace Framework and Mass Starvation: How Can Humanitarian Analysis, Early Warning and Response Be Improved
In 2017, the UN raised the alarm on famines in North-east Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. Starvation has been used as a weapon of war in Syria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo currently has among the largest numbers of severely food-insecure people of any country assessed by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system. Each of these sites of mass starvation or famine can be understood as a ‘political marketpla…
Analysing Famine: The Politics of Information and Analysis in Food Security Crises
Famine means destitution, increased severe malnutrition, disease, excess death and the breakdown of institutions and social norms. Politically, it means a failure of governance – a failure to provide the most basic of protections. Because of both its human and political meanings, ‘famine’ can be a shocking term. This is turn makes the analysis – and especially declaration – of famine a very sensitive subject. This paper synthesises the findings f…
Participation, political economy and protection: Food aid governance in Darfur, Sudan
Humanitarian food assistance aims to meet short-term emergency needs, yet often it is sustained over many years and develops its own systems and infrastructure that interact with local governance and local communities. This paper explores the links between participation and local governance, as well as the implications for exclusion of certain groups, the dignity of those involved, and protection issues. The paper proposes a framework for reviewi…
The Clinical Utility of the Concept of Jing in Chinese Reproductive Medicine
The concept of jing is fundamental in Chinese medicine (CM). However, English-language discourse reveals the term to be polysemous, confusing, and contradictory. In the currently flourishing field of Chinese reproductive medicine in the West, clinicians claim to be able to provide treatment for age-related pathologies of the human gametes—ascribed by modern CM to be manifestations of jing —that seem dubious from the perspective of modern biomedic…
Preventing corruption in humanitarian assistance: Perceptions, Gaps and Challenges
Corruption is a threat to the purpose of humanitarian assistance. Until fairly recently, humanitarian assistance has not been considered an important arena in broader efforts aimed at curbing corruption, and corruption has not always been considered a particularly important concern for humanitarian assistance despite the obviously challenging nature of the context of humanitarian emergencies. Corruption, though, is a threat to humanitarian action…
Global factors shaping the future of food aid: The implications for WFP
Food aid is a key component of a humanitarian response but its use in other programming contexts is subject to numerous criticisms. Even in humanitarian emergencies food aid is often late, unreliable and out of proportion to other elements of the response. Three major factors will shape the future of food aid. First, mechanisms of food aid governance are being reviewed and may undergo major changes-particularly the Food Aid Convention now that ho…
Humanitarian Information Systems and Emergencies in the Greater Horn of Africa: Logical Components and Logical Linkages
Natural and man-made emergencies are regular occurrences in the Greater Horn of Africa region. The underlying impoverishment of whole populations is increasing, making it more difficult to distinguish between humanitarian crises triggered by shocks and those resulting from chronic poverty. Shocks and hazards can no longer be seen as one-off events that trigger a one-time response. In countries that are both poor and exposed to frequent episodes o…
Why do Famines Persist
The Ethiopian Crisis of 1999-2000: Lessons Learned, Questions Unanswered
During 1999-2000, Ethiopia was brought to the edge of a major disaster, with some 10 million people estimated to be in need of food assistance at the height of the crisis. A repeat of the catastrophic famine of 1984-5 was avoided, but the numbers of people affected, the loss of life and the destruction of livelihoods made this one of the most serious crises in the Horn of Africa in the past 15 years. The humanitarian community has been slow to re…
Good Care Practices Can Mitigate the Negative Effects of Poverty and Low Maternal Schooling on Children’s Nutritional Status: Evidence from Accra
Does Geographic Targeting of Nutrition Interventions Make Sense in Cities? Evidence from Abidjan and Accra
The Political Economy of Urban Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
Programmes in Chronically Vulnerable Areas: Challenges and Lessons Learned
In the ‘chronically vulnerable areas ’ (CVAs) of East Africa a smooth linear transition away from emergency programming towards rehabilitation and long‐term development is difficult, if not impossible. This makes uncritical application of the ‘relief‐to‐development ’ continuum to programming unhelpful at best, and perhaps counter‐productive. This paper is the result of CARE’s efforts to review its own programmes – and those of some of its sister …
Land Tenure and Food Security: Exploring Dynamic Linkages
Land tenure and food security have each been the subject of extensive-but generally separate-research in the past. Links between the two issues are now receiving increased attention, yet critical links between them remain unexplored. After a brief review of the two concepts, this article combines both issues within a dynamic framework that recognizes not just the conventional link between access to land and access to food in the short run, but al…
Participatory indicators of food security and malnutrition
The Political Economy of Urban Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
Land Tenure and Food Security: Exploring Dynamic Linkages
Land tenure and food security have each been the subject of extensive-but generally separate-research in the past. Links between the two issues are now receiving increased attention, yet critical links between them remain unexplored. After a brief review of the two concepts, this article combines both issues within a dynamic framework that recognizes not just the conventional link between access to land and access to food in the short run, but al…
Good Care Practices Can Mitigate the Negative Effects of Poverty and Low Maternal Schooling on Children’s Nutritional Status: Evidence from Accra
The Ethiopian Crisis of 1999-2000: Lessons Learned, Questions Unanswered
During 1999-2000, Ethiopia was brought to the edge of a major disaster, with some 10 million people estimated to be in need of food assistance at the height of the crisis. A repeat of the catastrophic famine of 1984-5 was avoided, but the numbers of people affected, the loss of life and the destruction of livelihoods made this one of the most serious crises in the Horn of Africa in the past 15 years. The humanitarian community has been slow to re…
Preventing corruption in humanitarian assistance: Perceptions, Gaps and Challenges
Corruption is a threat to the purpose of humanitarian assistance. Until fairly recently, humanitarian assistance has not been considered an important arena in broader efforts aimed at curbing corruption, and corruption has not always been considered a particularly important concern for humanitarian assistance despite the obviously challenging nature of the context of humanitarian emergencies. Corruption, though, is a threat to humanitarian action…
Humanitarian Information Systems and Emergencies in the Greater Horn of Africa: Logical Components and Logical Linkages
Natural and man-made emergencies are regular occurrences in the Greater Horn of Africa region. The underlying impoverishment of whole populations is increasing, making it more difficult to distinguish between humanitarian crises triggered by shocks and those resulting from chronic poverty. Shocks and hazards can no longer be seen as one-off events that trigger a one-time response. In countries that are both poor and exposed to frequent episodes o…
Does Geographic Targeting of Nutrition Interventions Make Sense in Cities? Evidence from Abidjan and Accra
Participation, political economy and protection: Food aid governance in Darfur, Sudan
Humanitarian food assistance aims to meet short-term emergency needs, yet often it is sustained over many years and develops its own systems and infrastructure that interact with local governance and local communities. This paper explores the links between participation and local governance, as well as the implications for exclusion of certain groups, the dignity of those involved, and protection issues. The paper proposes a framework for reviewi…
Programmes in Chronically Vulnerable Areas: Challenges and Lessons Learned
In the ‘chronically vulnerable areas ’ (CVAs) of East Africa a smooth linear transition away from emergency programming towards rehabilitation and long‐term development is difficult, if not impossible. This makes uncritical application of the ‘relief‐to‐development ’ continuum to programming unhelpful at best, and perhaps counter‐productive. This paper is the result of CARE’s efforts to review its own programmes – and those of some of its sister …
Five levels of famine prevention: Towards a Framework for the Twenty-First Century and Beyond
In recent years, the world has faced a rapid rise in humanitarian needs and an increasing risk of famine. Given the potential threats posed by conflict, climate change, economic shocks, and other issues, it is important to be prepared for the possibility of new crises in the future. Drawing on key informant interviews and a literature review, this paper assesses the state of the art in famine prevention, examining a range of technical and politic…
Why do Famines Persist
Global factors shaping the future of food aid: The implications for WFP
Food aid is a key component of a humanitarian response but its use in other programming contexts is subject to numerous criticisms. Even in humanitarian emergencies food aid is often late, unreliable and out of proportion to other elements of the response. Three major factors will shape the future of food aid. First, mechanisms of food aid governance are being reviewed and may undergo major changes-particularly the Food Aid Convention now that ho…
Resilient food security information systems in the age of disruption: An ecosystem approach
Participatory indicators of food security and malnutrition
Good Care Practices Can Mitigate the Negative Effects of Poverty and Low Maternal Schooling on Children’s Nutritional Status: Evidence from Accra
Does Geographic Targeting of Nutrition Interventions Make Sense in Cities? Evidence from Abidjan and Accra
The Political Economy of Urban Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
Programmes in Chronically Vulnerable Areas: Challenges and Lessons Learned
In the ‘chronically vulnerable areas ’ (CVAs) of East Africa a smooth linear transition away from emergency programming towards rehabilitation and long‐term development is difficult, if not impossible. This makes uncritical application of the ‘relief‐to‐development ’ continuum to programming unhelpful at best, and perhaps counter‐productive. This paper is the result of CARE’s efforts to review its own programmes – and those of some of its sister …
Land Tenure and Food Security: Exploring Dynamic Linkages
Land tenure and food security have each been the subject of extensive-but generally separate-research in the past. Links between the two issues are now receiving increased attention, yet critical links between them remain unexplored. After a brief review of the two concepts, this article combines both issues within a dynamic framework that recognizes not just the conventional link between access to land and access to food in the short run, but al…
Why do Famines Persist
The Ethiopian Crisis of 1999-2000: Lessons Learned, Questions Unanswered
During 1999-2000, Ethiopia was brought to the edge of a major disaster, with some 10 million people estimated to be in need of food assistance at the height of the crisis. A repeat of the catastrophic famine of 1984-5 was avoided, but the numbers of people affected, the loss of life and the destruction of livelihoods made this one of the most serious crises in the Horn of Africa in the past 15 years. The humanitarian community has been slow to re…
Humanitarian Information Systems and Emergencies in the Greater Horn of Africa: Logical Components and Logical Linkages
Natural and man-made emergencies are regular occurrences in the Greater Horn of Africa region. The underlying impoverishment of whole populations is increasing, making it more difficult to distinguish between humanitarian crises triggered by shocks and those resulting from chronic poverty. Shocks and hazards can no longer be seen as one-off events that trigger a one-time response. In countries that are both poor and exposed to frequent episodes o…
Global factors shaping the future of food aid: The implications for WFP
Food aid is a key component of a humanitarian response but its use in other programming contexts is subject to numerous criticisms. Even in humanitarian emergencies food aid is often late, unreliable and out of proportion to other elements of the response. Three major factors will shape the future of food aid. First, mechanisms of food aid governance are being reviewed and may undergo major changes-particularly the Food Aid Convention now that ho…
The Clinical Utility of the Concept of Jing in Chinese Reproductive Medicine
The concept of jing is fundamental in Chinese medicine (CM). However, English-language discourse reveals the term to be polysemous, confusing, and contradictory. In the currently flourishing field of Chinese reproductive medicine in the West, clinicians claim to be able to provide treatment for age-related pathologies of the human gametes—ascribed by modern CM to be manifestations of jing —that seem dubious from the perspective of modern biomedic…
Preventing corruption in humanitarian assistance: Perceptions, Gaps and Challenges
Corruption is a threat to the purpose of humanitarian assistance. Until fairly recently, humanitarian assistance has not been considered an important arena in broader efforts aimed at curbing corruption, and corruption has not always been considered a particularly important concern for humanitarian assistance despite the obviously challenging nature of the context of humanitarian emergencies. Corruption, though, is a threat to humanitarian action…
Participation, political economy and protection: Food aid governance in Darfur, Sudan
Humanitarian food assistance aims to meet short-term emergency needs, yet often it is sustained over many years and develops its own systems and infrastructure that interact with local governance and local communities. This paper explores the links between participation and local governance, as well as the implications for exclusion of certain groups, the dignity of those involved, and protection issues. The paper proposes a framework for reviewi…
The Political Marketplace Framework and Mass Starvation: How Can Humanitarian Analysis, Early Warning and Response Be Improved
In 2017, the UN raised the alarm on famines in North-east Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. Starvation has been used as a weapon of war in Syria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo currently has among the largest numbers of severely food-insecure people of any country assessed by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system. Each of these sites of mass starvation or famine can be understood as a ‘political marketpla…
Analysing Famine: The Politics of Information and Analysis in Food Security Crises
Famine means destitution, increased severe malnutrition, disease, excess death and the breakdown of institutions and social norms. Politically, it means a failure of governance – a failure to provide the most basic of protections. Because of both its human and political meanings, ‘famine’ can be a shocking term. This is turn makes the analysis – and especially declaration – of famine a very sensitive subject. This paper synthesises the findings f…
How do information problems constrain anticipating, mitigating, and responding to crises
Improving Collection and Analysis of Qualitative Data in Humanitarian Information Systems
Quantitative information plays an important role in humanitarian analysis. Indeed, humanitarian information systems have built substantive standards and procedures and have invested significantly in cultivating analyst skill in collecting, analysing and integrating quantitative data into acute food insecurity and other humanitarian analyses, while also developing robust measures to cross-check its validity, reliability and representativeness. How…
Resilient food security information systems in the age of disruption: An ecosystem approach
Five levels of famine prevention: Towards a Framework for the Twenty-First Century and Beyond
In recent years, the world has faced a rapid rise in humanitarian needs and an increasing risk of famine. Given the potential threats posed by conflict, climate change, economic shocks, and other issues, it is important to be prepared for the possibility of new crises in the future. Drawing on key informant interviews and a literature review, this paper assesses the state of the art in famine prevention, examining a range of technical and politic…
Economics (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Business (9 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Development economics (6 works) · Agriculture (5 works)