Aid & Relief Programmes

The last decade has seen some significant changes in international development and in the status of non-governmental organisations operating in the...

Wasteful over-consumption (by some) in the developed countries and the continuing, in some cases worsening, hunger of millions in the Third World i...

On the centenary of the signing of the Lausanne Convention, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens presented an exhibition highlighting...

The signing of the Dayton Peace Accords brought more than peace to Bosnia-Herzegovina; it also brought an influx of international aid workers inten...

Over the past seven years, the Bush administration has launched a revolution in U.S. foreign aid. At no time since the administration of President ...

If a state carries out or sanctions atrocities on a mass scale within its borders, is there an international right, or even duty, to intervene in s...

Why does hunger persist in a world of plenty? Ending Hunger Worldwide challenges the naive notion that everyone wants hunger to end, arguing that t...

In The Need to Help Liisa H. Malkki shifts the focus of the study of humanitarian intervention from aid recipients to aid workers themselves. The a...

In The Need to Help Liisa H. Malkki shifts the focus of the study of humanitarian intervention from aid recipients to aid workers themselves. The a...

This timely work presents cutting-edge analysis of the problems of U.S. foreign assistance programs - why these problems have not been solved in th...

Is China a rogue donor, as some media pundits suggest? Or is China helping the developing world pave a pathway out of poverty, as the Chinese claim...

This book provides fresh perspectives on a key period in the history of humanitarianism. Drawing on economic, cultural, social and diplomatic persp...

The spate of disaster events ranging from major to catastrophic that have occurred in recent years raises a lot of questions about where and why th...

News coverage on Africa is closely connected not only with how Western audiences see the continent, but also with how a wide Western audience build...

News coverage on Africa is closely connected not only with how Western audiences see the continent, but also with how a wide Western audience build...

Aid sector staff work in some of the world’s most challenging environments, from conflict zones to sites of natural disaster and refugee camps. For...

Foreign Aid: Policy and Practice offers a complete overview of the basics of foreign aid. Who is it for? Who pays for it? Why does it exist? What i...

Aid sector staff work in some of the world’s most challenging environments, from conflict zones to sites of natural disaster and refugee camps. For...

Foreign Aid: Policy and Practice offers a complete overview of the basics of foreign aid. Who is it for? Who pays for it? Why does it exist? What i...

First published in 1992. The present volume belongs to a series focusing on the evaluation of development assistance. This series is part of a rese...

This book examines the sociological consequences of disaster relief and recovery, and uncovers its impact on the communities that were affected by ...

First published in 1992. The present volume belongs to a series focusing on the evaluation of development assistance. This series is part of a rese...

This book explores what difference development aid has made to the size, complexity, style of functioning, values and future direction of the NGO s...

NGOs set out to save lives, relieve suffering, and service basic human needs. They are committed to serving people across national borders and with...

The relationship between aid and state building is highly complex and the effects of aid on weak states depend on donors’ interests, aid modalities...

This collection of research papers explores the impact of the Arab uprisings on the politics and political economy of foreign aid provision in the ...

An estimated 2 billion people live in countries affected by fragility, conflict and violence. Extreme poverty is increasingly concentrated in these...

An estimated 2 billion people live in countries affected by fragility, conflict and violence. Extreme poverty is increasingly concentrated in these...

This timely work presents cutting-edge analysis of the problems of U.S. foreign assistance programs - why these problems have not been solved in th...

This book investigates the impact that Western democracy assistance programs have had on the development of women's and soldiers' rights NGOs in Ru...

This book explores the role of governments and financial institutions in managing the markets in the developing world. These 'Great Predators' are...

From Rwanda to Bosnia-Herzegovina to Kosovo and beyond, devastating human tragedies have torn apart communities-and too often, the international re...