When humanitarians leave: Exit strategies and the accountability of international organizations providing humanitarian health assistance
(2023) MIDM19 20231LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management
Department of Human Geography
- Abstract
- Exit strategies constitute a pivotal moment of humanitarian action and greatly determine the sustainability of programmes’ outcomes. Despite their significance, they are often rushed and fail to consider the impact on aid recipients. This thesis aims to examine the exit strategies’ aspirations of four international organizations providing humanitarian health assistance through the lens of accountability to affected people. Utilizing a case study research design, this thesis reviews the exit strategy guidelines of the WHO Global Health Cluster, IFRC, MSF and IMC. Concepts from the field of global governance and medical accountability are elaborated in a theoretical framework to analyse the intended accountability of the selected... (More)
- Exit strategies constitute a pivotal moment of humanitarian action and greatly determine the sustainability of programmes’ outcomes. Despite their significance, they are often rushed and fail to consider the impact on aid recipients. This thesis aims to examine the exit strategies’ aspirations of four international organizations providing humanitarian health assistance through the lens of accountability to affected people. Utilizing a case study research design, this thesis reviews the exit strategy guidelines of the WHO Global Health Cluster, IFRC, MSF and IMC. Concepts from the field of global governance and medical accountability are elaborated in a theoretical framework to analyse the intended accountability of the selected organizations. Overall, the findings highlight the presence of some promising accountability elements. However, they also reveal that affected people lack sufficient influence over these organisations to establish a robust accountability relationship. (Less)
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- author
- Caminiti, Chiara LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MIDM19 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Accountability, Humanitarianism, Humanitarian Health Assistance, Exit Strategies, International Organizations
- language
- English
- id
- 9136132
- date added to LUP
- 2023-09-12 13:39:42
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- 2023-09-12 13:39:42
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