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Concerning Accountability in Humanitarian Action

Austen Davis, ODI

Published in : 2007

Available in : English

This paper asks whether initiatives designed to improve accountability really are the solution to the problems humanitarianism faces today. It does not aim to dismiss accountability; rather, it seeks to show that accountability is a procedural phenomenon, not a moral one. Imposing it in the absence of a more specific understanding of what it means is dangerous, and subject to instrumentalisation and manipulation.



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Originally posted at : Humanitarian Practice Network

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Themes : Emergency, general, Interventions, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Accountability, Accountability, Assessments and Monitoring, Food Aid, Food Aid, Food and nutrition policies and strategies, Food Security and Livelihoods , Health Interventions , HTP module 21, Monitoring and evaluation, Monitoring and evaluation, Rapid Assessments

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