| Aid in the midst of plenty: oil wealth, misery and advocacy in Angola. | |
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PMID: 15720378 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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This paper examines advocacy initiatives by humanitarian and human rights organisations to address problems of governance in resource-rich and conflict-affected countries, focussing on the case of Angola. Humanitarian principles preclude the use of indiscriminate conditionality and point towards a cautious approach to advocacy aimed at assisting vulnerable populations. Furthermore, the relatively insignificant amount of aid supplied to resource-rich local authorities means that individual agencies have precious little leverage, especially when commercial interests rather than humanitarian or 'good governance' principles influence the priorities of bilateral donors. A context of resource wealth calls for: high levels of coordination and cooperation between human rights groups, aid agencies and donors; balanced use of conditionality, based on the drawing, by donors, of a clear distinction between emergency and development-oriented assistance; and a sustained effort to highlight the responsibilities of local authorities, foreign governments and businesses in meeting humanitarian and development objectives. |
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Authors:
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Philippe Le Billon |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Disasters Volume: 29 ISSN: 0361-3666 ISO Abbreviation: Disasters Publication Date: 2005 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-02-21 Completed Date: 2005-04-06 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7702072 Medline TA: Disasters Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1-25 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Geography and Liu Institute for Global Issue, University of British Columbia, Canada. |
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Angola Human Rights Abuses / prevention & control* Humans International Cooperation* Organizations Petroleum* Politics Relief Work / organization & administration* Vulnerable Populations War* |
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0/Petroleum |
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