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Chapter 4: Mitigating and Managing Conflict
The report lays out in stark terms the growing number and complexity
of man-made and natural disasters and it documents a corresponding
increase in U.S. humanitarian assistance. It calls for greater rigor
in the development assistance community to identify the motivations
underlying conflicts and potential conflicts and to look at all
development through a “conflict lens.”
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"Americans have traditionally viewed humanitarian assistance
as being in our national interest and conscience, and an investment
in the future. USAID therefore is committed to humanitarian assistance
that emphasizes a broad range of activities and serves to reinforce
democracy, promote economic growth, encourage improvements in population
and health, restore infrastructure and protect the environment.
This integration across sectors is crucial because most of the humanitarian
assistance needed in Africa is for complex civil conflicts that
eradicate years of development progress and often destroy a country's
social, economic and political institutions. Rather than just responding
to emergencies, USAID is committed to focusing energies and resources
on conflict prevention as well. USAID is using a more strategic
approach to identify and address the root causes of crisis, which
requires careful and creative integration of all Agency resources."
From the USAID Africa Region Huminitarian Response
website
http://www.usaid.gov/regions/afr/humresp.html
Complex emergencies and USAID's humanitarian
response
Jul 2001, Special Evaluation
DOCID/Order No: PN-ACG-630
http://www.dec.org/pdf_docs/PNACG630.pdf |
