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Humanitarian Economics

Author : Gilles Carbonnier
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190613122
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Humanitarian Economics written by Gilles Carbonnier and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the booming humanitarian sector faces daunting challenges, humanitarian economics emerges as a new field of study and practice--one that encompasses the economics and political economy of war, disaster, terrorism and humanitarianism. Carbonnier's book is the first to present humanitarian economics to a wide readership, defining its parameters, explaining its utility and convincing us why it matters. Among the issues he discusses are: how are emotions and altruism incorporated within a rational-choice framework? How do the economics of war and terrorism inform humanitarians' negotiations with combatants, and shed light on the role of aid in conflict? What do catastrophe bonds and risk-linked securities hold for disaster response? As more actors enter the humanitarian marketplace (including private firms), Carbonnier's revealing portrayal is especially timely, as is his critique of the transformative power of crises.

Humanitarian Economics

Author : Gilles Carbonnier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780190638467
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Humanitarian Economics written by Gilles Carbonnier and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linking theory with policy and practice, this text introduces humanitarian economics as an emerging field of study that encompasses the economic and political economy dimensions of war, disaster, terrorism and humanitarianism. The work illustrates how economic analysis can improve our understanding of humanitarian crises, and how it can inform humanitarian actors, be it for example in negotiating with armed groups or in capturing the ambiguous role of aid in conflict.

Doing Bad by Doing Good

Author : Christopher J Coyne
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804786119
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Doing Bad by Doing Good written by Christopher J Coyne and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An economics-focused analysis of why humanitarian relief efforts fail and how they can be remedied. In 2010, Haiti was ravaged by a brutal earthquake that affected the lives of millions. The call to assist those in need was heard around the globe. Yet two years later humanitarian efforts led by governments and NGOs have largely failed. Resources are not reaching the needy due to bureaucratic red tape, and many assets have been squandered. How can efforts intended to help the suffering fail so badly? In this timely and provocative book, Christopher J. Coyne uses the economic way of thinking to explain why this and other humanitarian efforts that intend to do good end up doing nothing or causing harm. In addition to Haiti, Coyne considers a wide range of interventions. He explains why the US government was ineffective following Hurricane Katrina, why the international humanitarian push to remove Muammar Gaddafi in Libya may very well end up causing more problems than prosperity, and why decades of efforts to respond to crises and foster development around the world have resulted in repeated failures. In place of the dominant approach to state-led humanitarian action, this book offers a bold alternative, focused on establishing an environment of economic freedom. If we are willing to experiment with aid—asking questions about how to foster development as a process of societal discovery, or how else we might engage the private sector, for instance—we increase the range of alternatives to help people and empower them to improve their communities. Anyone concerned with and dedicated to alleviating human suffering in the short term or for the long haul, from policymakers and activists to scholars, will find this book to be an insightful and provocative reframing of humanitarian action. Praise for Doing Bad by Doing Good “Coyne is to be congratulated for a book that strongly calls into question the conventional wisdom that we must look first to government to accomplish humanitarian ends.” —George Leef, Regulation Magazine “Coyne attempts to explain why conventional approaches to humanitarian aid and longer-term economic development have failed miserably . . . . Recommended.” —M. Q. Dao, Choice “Coyne offers a classic neo-liberal economic analysis to explain why the humanitarian project in its current state is doomed.” —Zoe Cormack, Times Literary Supplement

Foundations for a Humanitarian Economy

Author : William D. Bishop
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000595129
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Foundations for a Humanitarian Economy written by William D. Bishop and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-17 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern global economy and discipline of economics place mathematical calculation above human concern. However, a re-reading of Boethius’ The Consolation of Philosophy can positively highlight the contrast in values and spirit of the early medieval European world with our own scientific age. This book discusses the historical and cultural contexts that influenced Boethius’ writing and explores how Consolation offers a radically different understanding of economic concepts: wealth from inner happiness and virtues, poverty from hoarding outer possessions, self-sufficiency in the greater whole, enlightenment through misfortune, and development as fruition from the Good. These economic considerations resonate with a range of heterodox economic perspectives, such as Ecological and Buddhist Economics. The fundamental revaluations gained through Boethius pose a critique of mainstream neoclassical and neoliberal economics: to consumerism, avarice, growth and technology fetishism, and market rationality. These economic foundations resonate into a time when global crises raise the question of fundamental human priorities, offering alternatives to an ever-expanding industrial market economy designed for profit, and helping to avoid irrevocable socio-ecological disasters. The issues raised and questioned in this book will be of significant interest to readers with concern for pluralist approaches to economics, philosophy, classics, ancient history and theology.

The Fourth Way

Author : Dr. A. Joseph Keryo
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1646283740
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book The Fourth Way written by Dr. A. Joseph Keryo and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fourth Way: A Comprehensive Humanitarian Economic System to Save the World is the result of a long effort and time, spanning more than seven years, from 2010 till 2017. Overloaded with research and studies, tracking events all around the world, monitoring the wars, crises, and international problems, and pursuing the details of their intensification and development. The book includes an accurate, detailed, comprehensive, and deep description of all the international movements that have covered the world since the outbreak of the First World War until the middle of 2017, the date of completion of this book, and documents the history of all revolutions, calls, and economic ideas. One of the main objectives of this book is to rely on the successes and failures of these experiences, seeking a human, economic, political, and social system, a system that is fair, clean, moral, honorable, and rational. Also to restore economic value to the economic factor in managing the affairs of states and people. To restore the individual value in life and create a healthy individual actor and producer. To tame the technological landscape, restore balance to environment, repair the United Nations, and activate its institutions and its role in solving the international dilemmas. This book is a documented historical reference and a full description of all the mechanisms of applying this system, which can be a clear guide for economists, historians, politics, sociologist, and individuals

Humanitarian Ecological Economics and Accounting

Author : Jacques Richard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000483886
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Humanitarian Ecological Economics and Accounting written by Jacques Richard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-17 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The strict conversation of financial capital allows accountants to preserve capitalism in its current form. Thus, building a more humane economy will require a new accounting model. Humanitarian Ecological Economics and Accounting: Capitalism, Ecology and Democracy argues for the adoption of a CARE model: comprehensive accounting in respect of ecology. This new model will take the traditional weapons of capitalist accounting and turn them against capitalism, with a goal to protect and conserve human and natural capital within the framework of a democratic society. The CARE model has been conceived as the potential basis of a new type of market economy and of a new type of governance of firms and nations. Additionally, this allows for a new conception of capital, cost and profit that helps with moves towards a society of the commons. The first part of the book explores the reconstruction of accounting and economics from the ground up, outlining the theoretical basis for the model. The second part of the book explores the transformation of the governance of firms and nations. Finally, an additional section is dedicated to the conception of a new model of national accounting. This book will be of significant interest to readers of ecological economics, critical accounting and heterodox economics.

The Prevention of Humanitarian Emergencies

Author : E. Wayne Nafziger
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403905320
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Prevention of Humanitarian Emergencies written by E. Wayne Nafziger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-23 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the end of the cold war, civil wars and state violence have escalated, resulting in thousands of deaths. This book provides a toolbox for donors, international agencies and developing countries to prevent humanitarian emergencies. The emphasis is on long-term rather than mediation or reconstruction after the conflict ensues.

Humanitarian Economics

Author : Gilles Carbonnier
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019049154X
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Humanitarian Economics written by Gilles Carbonnier and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Introduces and explains the economics behind the multi-billion dollar humanitarian marketplace and how it came about ... Tackles difficult and concrete issues such as how the economics of war and terrorism inform humanitarians' negotiations with combatants."--Https://global.oup.com.

The Humanitarian Development Paradigm

Author : Wilfred L. David
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780761827559
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book The Humanitarian Development Paradigm written by Wilfred L. David and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Humanitarian Development Paradigm, Wilfred L. David makes a plea for the fundamental reorientation of the economics that guide conventional development discourse, moving toward an emancipatory conversation focusing on human well-being or people-centered liberation. His paradigm-altering vision elevates core human values, guaranteed rights, and global justice in development thinking, practice, and policy.

Economic Development, Inequality and War

Author : E. Nafziger
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403943761
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Economic Development, Inequality and War written by E. Nafziger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-09-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic Development, Inequality and War shows how economic decline, income inequality, pervasive rent seeking by ruling elites, political authoritarianism, military centrality and competition for mineral exports contribute to war and humanitarian emergencies. Economic regress and political decay bring about relative deprivation, perception by social groups of injustice arising from a growing discrepancy between what they expect and get. Nafziger and Auvinen indicate that both economic greed and social grievances drive contemporary civil wars. Finally, the authors also identify policies for preventing humanitarian emergencies.

The Economics of Aid

Author : J. M. Healey
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1136889787
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book The Economics of Aid written by J. M. Healey and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1971, this reissue considers the main aspects of foreign aid to developing countries in terms of economic concepts and principles. The author gives an economic definition of aid and considers the motives for giving aid and the principles on which it may be allocated. He looks at the effect on the economic growth of developing countries of both the aid given and the need to repay the debt, and the effect on trade patterns and resource allocation of tying aid to one particular project, or one source of goods. While economic analysis is only a first step in providing a basis for policy decisions on foreign aid, Dr Healey shows that many issues can be clarified by looking at them from the economists’ point of view.

WRONG

Author : Richard S. Grossman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199322198
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book WRONG written by Richard S. Grossman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an analysis of major economic crises over the past two hundred years.

The Economics of International Development: Foreign Aid versus Freedom for the World's Poor

Author : William Easterly
Publisher : London Publishing Partnership
ISBN 13 : 0255367325
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (553 download)

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Book Synopsis The Economics of International Development: Foreign Aid versus Freedom for the World's Poor by : William Easterly

Download or read book The Economics of International Development: Foreign Aid versus Freedom for the World's Poor written by William Easterly and published by London Publishing Partnership. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreign aid and overseas military intervention have been important and controversial political topics for over a decade. The government’s controversial target to spend 0.7 per cent of national income on foreign aid has been widely welcomed by some, but strongly criticised by others. Furthermore, the controversy of the Iraq war rumbles on, even today. This is all happening amongst much instability in many parts of the world. In this short book, a number of authors challenge the assumption that we can bring about economic development and promote liberal democracies through direct foreign intervention – whether economic or military intervention. The lead author, William Easterly, drawing on his wide experience at the World Bank and as an academic, is a renowned sceptic of intervention. He points out that solutions proposed now to the problem of poverty are identical to solutions proposed decades ago – but the plans of rich governments simply do not successfully transform poor countries. Academics Abigail Hall-Blanco and Christian Bjornskov add further context and put forward empirical evidence that backs up Easterly’s argument. Syvlie Aboa-Bradwell draws upon her own practical experience to give examples of how people in poor countries can be assisted to promote their own development. This book is essential reading for students, teachers and all interested in better understanding how to help – and how not to help – the world’s most disadvantaged peoples.

The Economics of UN Peacekeeping

Author : Nadège Sheehan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136707018
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book The Economics of UN Peacekeeping written by Nadège Sheehan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-07-25 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peacekeeping is a security concept that is very representative of the current interventionism, multilateralism, human rights, and humanitarian ideas. UN peacekeeping plays an important role in international security and includes various activities that go beyond the original roles assigned to UN armed forces (e.g. humanitarian aid, election supervision, disarmament, mine clearance, civilian protection, and peacebuilding). The problem is to define the economic efficiency of these operations and to develop some recommendations in the context of an economic globalization process. Although UN peacekeeping has shortcomings, it must be considered essential for organizing and defending the world politico-economic order. UN peacekeeping is a political activity, but its production strongly depends on nations’ economic considerations. Governments make political decisions that also take into account the economic gains they expect to obtain from their contribution to any specific mission. With low means and inadequate strategies to meet the challenges, UN peacekeeping must pay particular attention to resolving the problems of free riding and of prisoner’s dilemma in contributions that delay deployments and create significant financial problems. Understanding how peacekeeping can be most cost-effectively carried out, while considering the importance of legitimacy in interventions, is essential. This book believes that regional organizations can ease the UN’s financial responsibility by managing conflicts in their regions. But, to be most effective, they must involve the UN in their interventions. This book also emphasizes UN peacekeeping trust funds as the key to better financial effectiveness. It strongly recommends that NATO be empowered by the UN with the role of global peace police, and proposes the establishment of a UN high-ranking team of international specialists in peacekeeping issues. This research should be of interest to students and researchers looking at international and political economics, as well as international relations, defence, security and peace studies.

The Institutional Economics of Foreign Aid

Author : Bertin Martens
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139432621
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book The Institutional Economics of Foreign Aid written by Bertin Martens and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-25 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the institutions, incentives and constraints that guide the behaviour of people and organizations involved in the implementation of foreign aid programmes. While traditional performance studies tend to focus almost exclusively on the policies and institutions in recipient countries, this book looks at incentives in the entire chain of organizations involved in the delivery of foreign aid, from donor governments and agencies to consultants, experts and other intermediaries. Four aspects of foreign aid delivery are examined in detail: incentives inside donor agencies, the interaction of subcontractors with recipient organizations, incentives inside recipient country institutions, and biases in aid performance monitoring systems.

The Economics of Post Conflict Aid

Author : Dimitri G. Demekas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Economics of Post Conflict Aid written by Dimitri G. Demekas and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Disquieting Gifts

Author : Erica Bornstein
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804782083
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Disquieting Gifts written by Erica Bornstein and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[This] artful ethnography . . . challenges us to reconsider both what giving looks like, and the relational possibilities of anthropological practice itself.” —Jocelyn L. Chua, American Ethnologist While most people would not consider sponsoring an orphan’s education to be in the same category as international humanitarian aid, both acts are linked by the desire to give. Many studies focus on the outcomes of humanitarian work, but the impulses that inspire people to engage in the first place receive less attention. Disquieting Gifts takes a close look at people working on humanitarian projects in New Delhi to explore why they engage in philanthropic work, what humanitarianism looks like to them, and the ethical and political tangles they encounter. Motivated by debates surrounding Marcel Mauss’s The Gift, Bornstein investigates specific cases of people engaged in humanitarian work to reveal different perceptions of assistance to strangers versus assistance to kin, how the impulse to give to others in distress is tempered by its regulation, suspicions about recipient suitability, and why the figure of the orphan is so valuable in humanitarian discourse. The book also focuses on vital humanitarian efforts that often go undocumented and ignored and explores the role of empathy in humanitarian work. “Bornstein . . . delineate[s] a ‘global economy of giving’ while questioning Western preconceptions about humanitarianism.” —Jonathan Benthall, Times Literary Supplement “Insightful and beautifully written . . . accessible and engaging.” —Pierre Minn, Social Anthropology “Conveys deep insights into international and intra-Indian charity and volunteering.” —Jonathan Benthall, University College London “Reveals the complexity of the contemporary moral economies of the gift.” —Didier Fassin, Institute for Advanced Study, author of Humanitarian Reason: A Moral History of the Present