8 Coordination in humanitarian response and the nexus with development

Daniele Alesani and Eduardo Missoni

DOI: 10.4324/9781003289852-9

8.1 The humanitarian assistance landscape and evolving coordination strategies

The humanitarian architecture is a complex, multilayered system. National-level response to crises is in principle the preferred option as it is directly operated by local communities, local stakeholders, and national governments. Nevertheless, due to inadequate responses, lack of capacity, or upon specific request from the national government (Austin and Frize 2011), international actors such as multilateral humanitarian organizations, international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and bilateral technical cooperation agencies, ...

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