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100 1 0 _aEnten, François
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245 0 0 _aThe Political Dimension of Early Warning Systems: The Case of Food Crises in Ethiopia (2002-2004)
260 _c2007.
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520 _aSocio-anthropological surveys conducted between 2002 and 2004 during food aid targeting in Ethiopia highlighted a sociological interpretation of early warning systems as sociopolitical constructions, which allowed for mis-targeting. A consensus was reached between a team of experts, the Ethiopian authorities, and donors to overcome a lack of reliable data, methods, and shared trust despite an appearance of rationality. On the basis of empirical data, experts succeeded in finalizing their conclusions by conducting successive negotiations at each administrative level. Yet data could be revised by an authoritarian hierarchy in order to make it fit national humanitarian aid programs.
690 _afood aid policies
690 _aempirism
690 _aEthiopia
690 _aEarly warning system
786 0 _nMondes en développement | o 137 | 1 | 2007-04-01 | p. 89-100 | 0302-3052
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-mondes-en-developpement-2007-1-page-89?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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