Why technocratic understandings of humanitarian accountability undermine local communities

Omer Aijazi

Development in Practice, 2022, vol. 32, issue 2, 175-187

Abstract: Current trends in humanitarian accountability are unpacked through the examination of an accountability system put in place after the 2010 monsoon floods in Pakistan. Humanitarian accountability, when narrowly understood as a technical and procedural tool, can undermine local self-advocacy efforts, silence community dissent, and supress broader equity claims. Reframing humanitarian accountability as a political and ethical project can inspire innovation, support frontline aid workers, and ignite the radical revisioning of the humanitarian contract itself.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2021.1911939

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