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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Chong, Jan

Titel

Too Much Money, Too Quickly

Ist Teil von

• Stanford social innovation review, 2004-04, Vol.1 (4), p.4

Ort / Verlag

Stanford: Stanford Social Innovation Review, Stanford University

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Quelle

EBSCOhost Business Source Ultimate

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• As the international community looks to spend $1.7 billion for humanitarian relief and reconstruction in Iraq, it could benefit from the lessons learned in Bosnia, where billions were poured into rebuilding that country after the end of the 1995 ethnic war. Although the urgency of postwar situations elicits among donors and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) a strong desire to assist, if the experience in Bosnia is of any indication, much of the assistance going to Iraq could be wasted in service overlap and inefficiency. The researchers suggested that because of how relationships evolve between NGOs in postconflict areas, governments and donors can improve the dismal record of postwar reconstruction by resisting the urge to throw large amounts of money at NGOs during the early stages of reconstruction. Instead, they could offer NGOs less funding early on in exchange for long-term funding commitments, which would in turn allow NGOs to commit to and build stronger relationships with locals - increasing their odds of long-term success.