Hjälp- & biståndsprogram

Sverige var ett föregångsland när det gäller internationellt bistånd. Idag attackeras den traditionella biståndspolitiken från olika fronter, både i Sverige och internationellt. Men vad är den historiska bakgrunden till dessa debatter? En svindlan...

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Boken beskriver arbetet ombord i lastutrymmet och i cockpit i en Tp84 Hercules. Författaren Björn Magnusson har nästan 8000 flygtimmar i Tp84 med flygningar till katastrofområden, krigsområden och många andra typer av civila och militära uppdrag ö...

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Dambisa Moyo's Dead Aid reveals why millions are actually poorer because of aid, unable to escape corruption and reduced, in the West's eyes, to a childlike state of beggary. We all want to help. Over the past fifty years $1 trillion of developmen...

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In the wake of the AIDS pandemic, legions of organizations and compassionate individuals from faraway places descended on Africa to offer help and save lives. Ann Swidler and Susan Cotts Watkins vividly describe the often mismatched expectations a...

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Sveriges internationella bistånd 2008 var 28 miljarder kronor. Det är ett nästintill ofattbart belopp. Om man jämför med vad det på sin tid kostade att bygga Öresundsbron, 20 miljarder, blir siffran mer gripbar. Men var tar pengarna vägen? Används...

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We all want to help. Over the past fifty years $1 trillion of aid has flowed from Western governments to Africa, with rock stars and actors campaigning for more. But this has not helped Africa. It has ruined it. Dambisa Moyo's excoriating and cont...

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Crisis Intervention takes into account various environments and populations across the lifespan to provide students with practical guidelines for managing crises. Drawing on over 25 years of relevant experience, authors Alan A. Cavaiola and Joseph...

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NATALIE GERAMI får sin dröm uppfylld och reser med Läkare utan gränser till Sudan för att jobba som logistiker. Väl på plats drabbas hon av de svårigheter som finns med att arbeta i ett fattigt och konfliktdrabbat land, i en patriarkal kultur, i e...

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NGOs set out to save lives, relieve suffering, and service basic human needs. They are committed to serving people across national borders and without regard to race, ethnicity, gender, or religion, and they offer crucial help during earthquakes, ...

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William Easterly, acclaimed author and former economist at the World Bank, addresses the problems of extreme poverty and the West's failed attempts to help the poor. While recognising the energy and compassion behind the campaign to make poverty h...

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In The Frontlines of Peace, Severine Autesserre, award-winning researcher and peacebuilder, examines the well-intentioned but systematically flawed peace industry. The author sheds light on how typical aid interveners have been getting it wrong, a...

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Work and the Social Safety Net: Labor Activation in Europe and the United States describes how in the 1990s and early 2000s many European countries adopted policy reforms aimed at activating those recipients apparently able to work. These policy r...

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"Spännande om viktiga insatser". Dokumentär. Boken handlar om Barbro Björklunds insatser som sjuksköterska i områden som minst sagt inte är lika trygga som Sverige. Hon beskriver engagerat livet i olika oroshärdar. Vi läsare får en rivst...

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Aid has become a tangle of donors and recipients, so unwieldy that it is in danger of collapse. This ground-breaking book presents fresh thinking that transcends the 'more' verses 'less' arguments. Drawing on complexity theory it shows how aid cou...

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Most People in rural Africa do not have access to safe toilets and their health and well-being suffers as a consequence. There is an urgent need for the construction of simple, low-cost, affordable toilets that are easy to build and maintain. Toil...

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War is at a tipping point: we're passing from the age of industrial warfare to a new era of computerised warfare, and a renewed risk of great-power conflict. Humanitarian response is also evolving fast--'big aid' demands more and more money, while...

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Winner of the 2018 High Plains Book Award A Darkness Lit by Heroes  is the tale of the biggest hard rock mining accident in America. Based on 600 pages of eye-witness testimony that was lost for 90 years, Ammons puts readers directly into the...

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Conflict and disaster have been part of human history for as long as it has been recorded. Over time, more mechanisms for responding to crises have developed and become more systematized. Today a large and complex 'global humanitarian response sys...

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How should the international community react when a government transgresses humanitarian norms and violates the human rights of its own nationals? And where does the responsibility lie to protect people from such acts of violation? In this profoun...

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Disasters are increasing in frequency and intensity across the world, causing significant destruction to individuals and communities. Yet many social workers are ill-prepared for the demands of this field of practice. This book discusses the role ...

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Crisis leaders never feel completely prepared. From your first response to your hundredth, you feel the same nerves, the same anticipation, and the same desire to serve with each crisis you encounter.  But when disaster strikes, you're there ...

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A heroic doctor's unflinchingly honest and visceral tale of impossible choices in emergency medicine. 'A brilliant insight into the forgotten heroes at the sharp end of humanitarian emergencies.' Jon Snow, Channel 4 News This is a story of tireles...

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A heroic doctor's unflinchingly honest and visceral tale of impossible choices in emergency medicine.'A brilliant insight into the forgotten heroes at the sharp end of humanitarian emergencies.' Jon Snow, Channel 4 NewsThis is a story of tireless ...

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A heroic doctor's unflinchingly honest and visceral tale of impossible choices in emergency medicine. 'A brilliant insight into the forgotten heroes at the sharp end of humanitarian emergencies.' Jon Snow, Channel 4 News Winner of a Pride of Manch...

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A Times Political Book of the Year 2022A powerful and revelatory eyewitness account of the American collapse in Afghanistan, its desperate endgame, and the war's echoing legacy.Elliot Ackerman left the American military ten years ago, but his time...

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A Times Political Book of the Year 2022A powerful and revelatory eyewitness account of the American collapse in Afghanistan, its desperate endgame, and the war?s echoing legacy.Elliot Ackerman left the American military ten years ago, but his time...

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A rare inside look at the thrilling world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of the United States, confronting the growing threat of natures blazes.Forest and wildland fires are growing l...

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Written from a global perspective on risk, hazards, and disasters, Introduction to International Disaster Management provides practitioners, educators and students with a comprehensive overview of the players, processes and special issues involved...

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Emergencies wreak havoc on businesses and governments on a daily basis. Whether it is a hurricane pounding a coastal community, a terrorist attack on a company's headquarters, or a hazardous chemical spill at a local school, the results can be los...

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Timely and controversial, A Bed for the Night reveals how humanitarian organizations trying to bring relief in an ever more violent and dangerous world are often betrayed and misused, and have increasingly lost sight of their purpose. Drawing on f...

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