Hjälp- & biståndsprogram

Echoing the words of the Hippocratic Oath, the author challenges aid agency staff to take responsibility for the ways that their assistance affects conflicts. Mary B. Anderson cites the experiences of many aid providers in war-torn societies to sh...

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"Spännande om viktiga insatser Dokumentär Boken handlar om Barbro Björklunds insatser som sjuksköterska i områden som minst sagt inte är lika trygga som Sverige. Hon beskriver engagerat livet i olika oroshärdar. Vi läsare får en rivstart när ...

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Engineering in Emergencies is a hugely successful practical handbook for all relief workers involved in giving humanitarian assistance. It provides the information needed to implement an effective engineering response in the aftermath of an emerge...

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Arguing forcefully that changing times are a clarion call for new thinking, this book convincingly shows that if humanitarian organizations continue to operate as they have in the past, they will fail to help the very victims whom they try to save...

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William Easterly, acclaimed author and former economist at the World Bank, addresses the problems of extreme poverty and the West's failed attempts to help the poor. While recognising the energy and compassion behind the campaign to make poverty h...

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A collection of 100 short reflections designed to support humanitarian professionals and volunteers.

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How can international aid professionals manage to deal with the daily dilemmas of working for the wellbeing of people in countries other than their own? A scholar-activist and lifelong development practitioner seeks to answer that question in a bo...

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The Bottom Billion is an elegant and impassioned synthesis from one of the world's leading experts on Africa and poverty. It was hailed as "the best non-fiction book so far this year" by Nicholas Kristoff of The New York Times.

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Dambisa Moyo's Dead Aid reveals why millions are actually poorer because of aid, unable to escape corruption and reduced, in the West's eyes, to a childlike state of beggary. We all want to help. Over the past fifty years $1 trillion of developmen...

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Can moral vision influence the dynamics of the world system? This inquiry into the evolving foreign aid policies of eighteen developed democracies challenges conventional international relations theory and offers a broad framework of testable hypo...

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Introduction to International Disaster Management, Third Edition , continues to serve as the leading comprehensive overview of global emergency management. This edition provides practitioners and students alike with a comprehensive understanding o...

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Disasters are increasing in frequency and intensity across the world, causing significant destruction to individuals and communities. Yet many social workers are ill-prepared for the demands of this field of practice. This book discusses the role ...

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Boken En del av mitt liv tar oss med till fjärran länder, vissa drabbade av krig, andra av hiv och annat mänskligt lidande. Vi möter mödrar, barn och fäder, ofta i deras svåraste ögonblick i livet. Historier som kan visa hur världen på sina ställe...

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Conflict and disaster have been part of human history for as long as it has been recorded. Over time, more mechanisms for responding to crises have developed and become more systematized. Today a large and complex 'global humanitarian response sys...

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Sveriges internationella bistånd 2008 var 28 miljarder kronor. Det är ett nästintill ofattbart belopp. Om man jämför med vad det på sin tid kostade att bygga Öresundsbron, 20 miljarder, blir siffran mer gripbar. Men var tar pengarna vägen? Används...

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From Rwanda to Afghanistan, from Sudan to Iraq, this devastating expose shows how the humanitarian aid industry, the media and warmongers are locked in a cycle of mutual dependency on battlefields around the world. 'Polman shines a light on the mu...

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Aid has become a tangle of donors and recipients, so unwieldy that it is in danger of collapse. This ground-breaking book presents fresh thinking that transcends the 'more' verses 'less' arguments. Drawing on complexity theory it shows how aid cou...

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NAVIGATION I MÅNGFALDEN är en bok med berättelser från platser i världen där äventyret är en del av det dagliga arbetet. Vi får följa författarens omtumlande upplevelser varvade med djupborrande analyser. Han går omkring bland döda kroppar i Rwand...

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Expanded and fully updated, the Crisis Intervention Handbook: Assessment, Treatment, and Research, Fourth Edition will focus on crisis intervention services for persons who are victims of natural disasters, school-based and home-based violence, vi...

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The definitive New York Times-bestselling account: "One of the most intriguing and thought-provoking books about shipwreck since A Night to Remember" (The Detroit News). One of the largest, fastest, and most beautiful ships in the world,...

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Barbro Hylmö hade kanske ingen strålande start på livet med ett ärftligt synfel, lunginflammation som nästan tog hennes liv och minst sagt medelmåttiga skolbetyg. Men hon upptäckte till sist sina gåvor och blev en pionjär för hjälporganisationen I...

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"The freshest, deepest, most optimistic account of human nature I've come across in years." -Bill McKibben The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise...

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Drawing on over 25 years of relevant experience, this authors cover several different types of crises frequently encountered by professionals in medical, school, work, and community settings. Models for effectively managing these crises are presen...

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NATALIE GERAMI får sin dröm uppfylld och reser med Läkare utan gränser till Sudan för att jobba som logistiker. Väl på plats drabbas hon av de svårigheter som finns med att arbeta i ett fattigt och konfliktdrabbat land, i en patriarkal kultur, i e...

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Aid has become a tangle of donors and recipients, so unwieldy that it is in danger of collapse. This ground-breaking book presents fresh thinking that transcends the 'more' verses 'less' arguments. Drawing on complexity theory it shows how aid cou...

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"War and Humanity" traces the history of the largest humanitarian organization in the world - ICRC - through its remarkable photographic archive. These iconic images show what can be achieved when aid to the suffering is given without di...

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När backpackern Anne Louise Hübert hamnar i byn Gombolo på den kenyanska landsbygden blir mötet med fattigdomen ett slag i magen. Människornas utsatthet går inte att skaka av sig - byn är i behov av vatten, barnen behöver mat. Hon avbryter resan o...

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A compelling and definitive account of why we need to radically rethink our approach to dealing with catastrophic events Catastrophic events such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Tohoku "Triple Disaster" of earthquake, tsunami, and nu...

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For the last twenty years, Dr Hawa Abdi and her daughters have run a refugee camp on their family farm not far from Mogadishu which has grown to shelter 90,000 displaced Somalis: men, women, and children in urgent need of medical attention. As Isl...

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'A profound memoir' Daily Telegraph 'As revealing as the writing of Oliver Sacks' Mark Cousins Outside the Asylum is Lynne Jones's personal and highly acclaimed exploration of humanitarian psychiatry and the changing world of international relief....

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