Aid and stability in Pakistan: lessons from the 2005 earthquake response
| Autor: | Andrew Wilder |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Engineering
Underpinning United Nations media_common.quotation_subject International Cooperation Poison control Public policy Disaster Planning Public Policy Altruism Islam Disasters Development economics Field research Earthquakes Humans Pakistan Cooperative Behavior media_common business.industry Humanitarian aid General Social Sciences Human factors and ergonomics Relief Work United States Interinstitutional Relations Law General Earth and Planetary Sciences Terrorism business |
| Zdroj: | Disasters. 34 |
| ISSN: | 1467-7717 |
| Popis: | United States foreign assistance to Pakistan has always been driven by security considerations. By 2010, US counter-terrorism and stabilisation objectives resulted in Pakistan becoming the second largest recipient of US foreign aid globally. Given the policy impact of the assumption that aid promotes US security objectives in Pakistan, there is surprisingly little analysis or evidence of its effectiveness in this regard. This paper helps to address this gap by first reviewing the history and assumptions underpinning current US aid and stabilisation policies. It then uses field research on the 2005 earthquake relief efforts in northern Pakistan to assess the impact of the 'War on Terror' on the humanitarian response. In particular, it examines the assumption of influential US policymakers that humanitarian aid following the earthquake was an effective way to promote US security objectives by 'winning hearts and minds'-an assumption that has been used to justify all subsequent major US foreign aid commitments to Pakistan. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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