In the wake of the Haiti earthquake, this virtual issue presents Disasters articles on urban disaster recovery, cost effectiveness of disaster preparedness, post-earthquake delivery of relief and livelihood support, and survivor needs and the psychological impact of earthquakes.
International aid is not about making miracles happen.
The fact is that Haiti has been a humanitarian crisis for ten years, and enforced dependence on the outside world is partly to blame.
Sara Pantuliano, a Research Fellow with the Humanitarian Policy Group at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), is interviewed by Jeff Randall on aid delivery and the earthquake in Haiti.
This paper provides a distillation of the learning from thirty years of humanitarian response to earthquakes.
This study analyses the Peruvian state’s response to the earthquake and assesses its relationship with domestic non-governmental actors and the international community. The aim is to constructively reflect on the response in order to generate learning and policy recommendations that can help improve future responses.