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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"humanitarian relief"”.
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Humanitarian relief and rescue networks in France, 1940-1945
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Department of History, 2010
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The humanitarian relief supply chain : analysis of the 2004 South East Asia earthquake and Tsunami
Humanitarian relief supply chains are not well documented. This thesis describes humanitarian relief supply chains in general and those specifically utilized in the 2004 South East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami relief effort. A survey, created in collaboration with the Fritz Institute and KPMG, …
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Nongovernmental Organizations, Formal Networks and Barrier Mitigation in Humanitarian Relief: A Case Study of the Partnership for Quality Medical Donations
… organizations in mitigating barriers to disaster relief. I address this larger focus by examining the impacts of one formal network organization, the Partnership for Quality Medical Donations (PQMD) on its twelve NGO members. Specifically, the study addressees the following questions: 1) How does …
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Quantitative Decision Models for Humanitarian Logistics
Humanitarian relief and aid organizations all over the world implement efforts aimed at recovering from disasters, reducing poverty and promoting human rights. The purpose of this dissertation is to develop a series of quantitative decision models to help address some of the challenges faced by …
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Calculating humanitarian response capacity
… every year. The United Nations operates five humanitarian response depots (UNHRDs), stocked with over 1,000 types of humanitarian relief items. In the event of an emergency, the UNHRDs deploy the pre-positioned stocks to meet the initial demand of those people affected. Our thesis evaluates …
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A GIS Model for Minefield Area Prediction: The Minefield Likelihood Procedure
… from previous conflicts pose a grave threat to humanitarian relief operations, domestic everyday life, and future military operations. The remaining minefields in Afghanistan, from the decade long war with the Soviet Union, are just one example of this global problem. The purpose of this …
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The politics and dilemmas of humanitarian assistance
… of the Cold War has rejuvenated the debate of humanitarian intervention. The opportunity to employ armed force in a humanitarian role is said to have expanded with the end of the bipolar stalemate. Such forums as the United Nations Security Council are no longer held in check by concerns for …
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A Tale of Two Influences: An Exploration of Downward Accountability in World Vision International
… with numerous reforms. The creation of the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership in 2003 and the INGO Accountability Charter in 2009 reflect sector-wide efforts to enhance accountability to mission, intended beneficiaries, and peer organizations.</p> <p>Many INGOs have adopted a broad …
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A history of the Irish Red Cross Society, 1939-1971
… as the State’s main agency for international humanitarian relief measures. Although primarily a national organisational history of the Society, it is not a history in isolation. A broader perspective demonstrates that the work undertaken by the IRCS has relevance to the medical, social, …
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Key performance indicators in humanitarian logistics
Non-profit humanitarian relief organizations have typically been unable to measure the performance of their supply chains due to an inability to centrally capture data from operations. With the recent development and implementation of information technology systems that can support the logistics …
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Performance measurement and signaling in the humanitarian marketplace
This thesis considers ways in which humanitarian organizations can evaluate their performance internally, signal their performance to others, and what this might mean for the humanitarian relief community as a whole. Part I demonstrates an approach by which humanitarian organizations can develop …
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Place, life histories and the politics of relief: episodes in the life of Francesca Wilson, humanitarian educator activist
… episodes in the life of the teacher, author and humanitarian activist Francesca Wilson (1888-1981). It is concerned with the process of researching and telling aspects of her life history as a means of contributing to the emerging historiography of women educator activists and Quaker women in …
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Suffering and sovereignty: civil conflict, convert aid and international humanitarian law
… to provide, or facilitate the distribution of, humanitarian aid to people in insurgent-controlled areas of another state without the consentof the government in question. The purpose is to find out how uninvited humanitarian relief operations (covert aid) can be justified given the existing …
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Choices on Top of Choices: A Case Illustrating the Dialectic Impact of User Technology Choice
… The high autonomy context of the case study is humanitarian relief, specifically one humanitarian NGO, Local Hope. Local Hope users are like other users, choosing technologies based on many motivations, including choosing based on choices in their current environment. In dialectic impacts where …
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The Impetus For Transitions From Relief to Development In Post-Conflict Environments: Food Security, Land Access, and Livelihood Reconstruction Among the Acholi of Northern Uganda
… of people on the ground inform transitions from humanitarian relief to development in post-conflict northern Uganda. Internal displacement has undoubtedly become the epicenter of focus for all development actors in the region and as a result of this, development has hinged upon people leaving …
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Leveraging the Internet as a global buyer : a framework for the World Food Programme, UN
… i.e. losing efficiencies and precious time in a humanitarian relief program. The purpose of the study within the Transportation and Logistics Division of The World Food Programme is to answer the following question: how can The World Food Programme leverage the internet as a global buyer that …
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An application of a proposed airdrop planning system
… special operations missions, or for basic humanitarian relief. Improving the delivery accuracy of airdrops will result in numerous benefits. In attempting to improve airdrop accuracy, it is helpful to know what errors will arise throughout the course of a drop. This information is effective …
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Pelagic
… among Aeolia’s use to accrue capital, to provide humanitarian relief, and/or to create? In particular, the author’s background as a mechanical engineer and artist has inspired her to explore the ways elemental magic can influence architecture, construction, and art.
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Networks in the Disaster Response and Global Health Domain: A case study of The Partnership for Quality Medical Donation's response to the 2010 Haitian Earthquake
… in character. Nonetheless, disaster relief operations both globally and nationally tend to operate within a highly fragmented context in which potentially overwhelming human and infrastructure needs must be served by limited material and financial aid delivered by disparate …