Corruption and International Aid

Salifu, Adam; Abdulai, Abdul‐Gafaru

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20928-9_3368

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“…According to Riddell (2007Riddell ( , 2014 and Arndt et al (2013), it cultivates dependency to aid while minimally contributing to the rebuilding of recipients' capacities. Broberg (2014) and Salifu and Abdulai (2018) stress that mismanagement of international relief aid, which involves aid gone astray, embezzlement, and other forms of corruption, may benefit only officials while the needs of the intended beneficiaries remain unmet. The Kere as a major recurrent event is no exception to this.…”

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The Kere of Madagascar: a qualitative exploration of community experiences and perspectives

Ralaingita¹,

Ennis²,

Russell‐Smith³

et al. 2022

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The Kere is a recurrent famine occurring in the south of Madagascar that emerged substantively in the 1930s. Each major event claims thousands of lives and keeps many in a cycle of impoverishment, despite the existence of various aid-based responses. This assessment presents qualitative research exploring two Kere-affected communities' experiences of the phenomenon. Through focus group discussions, we learn that the Kere is a complex social-ecological disaster, compounded by an intricate chain of causation and impacts. Seeking a deep understanding of affected peoples' perceptions and experience of the phenomenon, this paper challenges the idea that the Kere is a famine caused by recurring drought that can only be solved with provision of water and aid-based solutions. Based on community views and research literature, and the application of Ostrom's social-ecological systems framework, we demonstrate that the Kere is a phenomenon compounded by multiple interacting, debilitating factors including deforestation, drought, pests and diseases, food insecurity, extreme poverty, lawlessness, and political malaise; thus, solutions require a comprehensive, sustained, holistic response.

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