Fødevarehjælp er langt fra altid svaret på folks bønner, måske har de mest brug for andre ting – og senest fungerede varslingssystemet før tørke- og hungerkatastrofen på Afrikas Horn ikke optimalt
DAKAR, 20 October 2011 (IRIN): Move away from “food-first” responses and lay more stress on water and livelihoods (en bedre generel livssituation); intervene early – it saves money and lives.
These are a couple of the lessons emerging from the past four years of drought response, according to the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance (ALNAP).
ALNAP pored over 200 evaluations and lessons-learned reports since 2007. – The fact that 200 lessons-learned reports have been done is a sign of progress, said Paul Knox-Clarke head of research and communications at ALNAP.
– Agencies are now more consistent and rigorous in terms of thinking about what they are doing, and recording it, noted he.
Areas of progress include far more sophisticated cash responses. – There has been vast learning about using cash in drought situations, said Knox-Clarke; while the development-to-relief continuum is now pretty much accepted as the way forward in drought situations.
– There seems to be little argument about the need for disaster-aware development programmes, and humanitarian programmes that can look more long-term and segue into (glide over i) livelihoods models, he continued.
Likewise, beneficiary accountability has significantly improved he said.
But where the whole system needs to buck up, is responding to early warning. – So much good work has been done around early warning systems, but this still does not necessarily trigger response, said Knox-Clarke.
Here are some of the lessons outlined in the report:
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