The Age of Humanitarian Emergencies

R. Vayrynen

Research Paper from World Institute for Development Economics Research

Abstract: The age of humanitarian Emergencies makes an effort to define and operationalize a humanitarian emergency. After having discussed extensively difinitions related to collective violence, especially genocide and civil war, the paper opts for a more comprehensive difinition associated with the idea of complex humanitarian emergency.

Keywords: VIOLENCE; HUMANITARIAN AID (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D60 F35 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 58 pages
Date: 1996
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