What Relief Agencies Need to Know
This paper suggests that a ‘political economy’ approach to war – one which focuses on how the distribution of wealth and power is affected during conflict – has far reaching implications for relief work.
Chapter 1 sets out to distinguish
the key features of war economies. Chapter 2 examines
the relations between vulnerability and war. Chapter 3
places relief in a political economy perspective and
considers the risks of its manipulation. Chapter 4 details
the dimensions of international action in war and ways
to enhance the protection of populations through a
political economy framework. The concluding Chapter 5
draws out the implications for the way relief agencies
organise their activity.
