Fred Cuny adopts an economic approach to wartime famine that is still considered innovative and challenging by field experts. His international fieldwork in both natural and man-made disasters is visionary and his approach to famine pragmatic. This book focuses on counter-famine measures revolving around people’s livelihoods, giving humanitarian relief workers a more permanent solution to world hunger.
Repatriation During Conflict in Africa and Asia examines the return of refugees to their home countries while conflict is still ongoing, challenging the assumption that repatriation only happens after peace is restored. Through case studies, the authors explore why displaced populations choose to return, the risks they face, and the policy and protection dilemmas this creates for humanitarian agencies.
This book is about disaster response and the way in which relief agencies and other organizations provide aid and assistance in the developing countries. The book focuses on international disaster assistance, the aid provided by the industrialized nations through myriad international organizations, both governmental and private, which the public calls the international relief system.
Analyzing the issue of shelter from the perspective of the survivor, rather than through the traditional perspective of donors and other assisting groups, this study aims to provide policy and programme guidelines on emergency shelter and post-disaster housing. The goals is to cover the entire disaster spectrum – including disaster preparedness, disaster relief, post-disaster reconstruction and prevention.
The structure of this Second Edition retains the original text of the 1982 Guidelines. This edition simply adds new insights gained during the intervening years, provides a more updated format and where necessary, and appropriate, gives updated resources and reflects current thinking within the shelter sector. This guide describes some of the methodologies developed by Cuny and was published again in 2015.
Foreign correspondent, William Shawcross, covered many of the regional and ethnic conflicts, civil wars, and mass migrations in the immediate post-Cold War decade, asking the question: Should America assume the role of peacekeeper and chief humanitarian in a world of endless wars and human disasters? The prologue to this book, titled “The World’s Texan,” showcases Fred Cuny as both a savior to millions and a maverick in finding international solutions to humanitarian crises.
Who was Cuny really working for? Was he a CIA spy? Who killed him, and why? In search of the answers, Scott Anderson traveled to Chechnya on a hazardous journey that started as as a magazine assignment and ended as a personal mission. The result is a galvanizing adventure story, a chilling picture of “the new world order,” and a tour de force of literary journalism.
