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This paper, completed in January 1984, begins by briefly outlining the contrasting views of price behaviour during the last Ethiopian famine (1972–1974) put forward by Seaman and Holt (1980) and Sen (1981). A hypothesis is developed to account for peasant behaviour and price responses under developing famine conditions. This is then tested with data recently made available. The paper concludes by summarizing the findings and their implications for famine forecasting, and argues that famine conditions in Northern Ethiopia are likely to worsen during 198

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1984.tb00852.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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By February 1981 the refugee relief operation in Somalia was close to breakdown. The Governor of Somalia and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) contracted the agency CARE to manage the logistics of the operation. By August 1981 over 99 % of food received at Mogadishu was reaching the camps. Here we describe this apparent success, and attempt to diagnose the contributing factors. Chief among these are dynamic leadership, ‘systems’ management, adaptability of personnel, the use of professional Indian food monitors in the camps, and the support given by the Government. The chief qualification on the success of the operation has been the continued dependency on expatriate expertise.General conclusions are offered relating to the management of logistics in relief operations. The most important conclusion is that there is a prime need for logistics to be centralized in a single organization at the start of major emergencies. We point to the current inadequacy in an international relief system which fails to ensure this, and suggest that a new or existing part of the United Nations family be given a ‘brief for in‐country logistics’ to become a UN Emergency Logisti

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1984.tb00853.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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This paper reports on the channels through which warning of the impending disastrous cyclone of October–November 1981 was received and disseminated in the districts and villages of Gujarat in Northwest India. The process is slow and laborious, and efforts are in hand to improve the speed and efficiency of warning methods. Some of the problems likely to be encountered are discusse

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1984.tb00854.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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Book reviewed in this article:Catastrophes naturelles en Savoieby Yves Bravard.Landslides and Their Controlby Quido Zàruba and Vojtêch Mend.The Fight Against Shutdowns, Youngstown's Steel Mill Closings by Staughton Lynd.Shutdown at Youngs town.Public Policy for Mass Unemployment by Terry F. Buss and F. Stevens Redburn.Self Help Housing – A Critique, Edited by P.M. Ward.The Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Geological and Geophysical Data 1975–1976, Edited by S.A. Fedotov and Ye. K. Mark

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1984.tb00855.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY