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Local Institutional Development and Relief in Ethiopia: A Kire –based Seed Distribution Programme in North Wollo
Author(s) -
Pratten David T.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/1467-7717.00050
Subject(s) - accountability , legitimacy , transparency (behavior) , distribution (mathematics) , context (archaeology) , public administration , representation (politics) , local community , political science , community participation , environmental planning , politics , socioeconomics , geography , sociology , law , archaeology , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Highlighted here is the important role played by community‐based organisations in relief supply operations. In the context of an emergency seed supply project in northern Ethiopia in 1995, it examines the participation of burial societies, known as kires , in targeting, distribution and management. The paper illustrates that factors of local institutional legitimacy, transparency and accountability are central, both to the effective representation of community views and to long‐term partnerships between local institutions and non‐governmental organisations.