Donor requests for economic analysis of humanitarian field programmes

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ID3885502
AuthorsChloe Puett (0000-0002-5163-5933, Moscow State University of Technologies and Management named after K.G. Razumovskiy, corresponding author), Cécile Salpéteur (0000-0002-8135-6169)
Year2018
Volume28
Issue7
Pages899-910
Publication date2018-10-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2018.1486804
OpenAlexW2883977372
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited13

Humanitarian organisations respond to increasing donor requests to assess economic aspects of their programmes, including cost-effectiveness. This article presents results from a survey of humanitarian agency staff and donor agencies, investigating such requests. Findings indicate a need for clear guidelines and capacity building in these economic assessments, expressed by both humanitarian staff and donor agencies themselves. While improving efficiency is important to ensure effective humanitarian response, caution is warranted in adopting overly burdensome and complex assessments of efficiency which are poorly understood by staff requesting and responding to them, the outcomes of which may lead to reductive and decontextualised decision-making

Aid effectiveness · Business · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Humanitarian aid · Humanitarian Logistics · Political science · Process management · Public relations · Sociology · Global Maternal and Child Health · International Development and Aid · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

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