Monthly Archives: May, 2014

Relief vs. Development: The Agony and the Ecstasy (Part 2)

 In the last blog, I discussed advantages and challenges of relief programming in a disaster. I will now discuss “development model” considerations in an international disaster response.  By definition, the international NGO (INGO) is present because the host country is considered “under-developed” by one or more recognized international indices. The lack of development is usually sectoral, i.e. […]