tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post2841569848644841251..comments2024-02-10T10:20:12.925+01:00Comments on The Road to the Horizon: Aid is dead. Long live aid.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05877671849645884790noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-79949743653731116222010-05-18T17:53:14.093+01:002010-05-18T17:53:14.093+01:00@Rosiroo,
- we need to differentiate what kind of...@Rosiroo,<br /><br />- we need to differentiate what kind of aid. See my point 5. Humanitarian aid (as in the case of Somalia and DRC) has worked (up to a point), otherwise more people would have died. But did it work well.<br />- And indeed, my point 5, also calls on the benchmarks on how to measure the effectiveness on aid. Which do not exist at the moment. (apart from the generic HAP standards, which are a start)...<br /><br />PeterPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877671849645884790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-66225449065924754252010-05-18T16:01:40.604+01:002010-05-18T16:01:40.604+01:00I agree with most of this- but I am still unsure h...I agree with most of this- but I am still unsure how you can conclude that aid has not worked. We have no benchmark to measure it against- we only have one world, one reality. Who's to say what state Somalia, DRC etc. would be in *without* aid?Rosiroohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01620721328087457337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-27765697972269472842009-02-23T12:45:00.000+01:002009-02-23T12:45:00.000+01:00Just two quick points.The emergency sector does ha...Just two quick points.<BR/><BR/>The emergency sector does have a standard like the ISO it is the HAP Standard see http://www.hapinternational.org/ this organization has many leading INGOs as members.<BR/><BR/>Secondly not having guarenteed funding is part of the problem for NGOs beucase they cannot be strategic in their approach and build sufficient capacity to egnage with long term issues if they have cycles of boom and bust around project acquisition. NGOs shoudl be accountable, but should also be equipped well to do the job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com