Business Case Assessment for Accelerating Development Investments in Famine Response and Prevention: Case Study South Sudan

Author(s)
Demetriou, S.
Publication language
English
Pages
32pp
Date published
26 Jan 2018
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Development & humanitarian aid, Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Food security
Countries
South Sudan
Organisations
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Link
http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/crisis-prevention-and-recov…

The objective of this study is to inform the further development of a comprehensive approach to famine prevention and response at global and country. It seeks to illustrate - based on data and evidence collected - how increased development investments in particular can assist countries in breaking chronic cycles of crisis and famine and put them on a sustainable path to resilient development, and the urgency of such investments in parallel to ongoing humanitarian operations and peacebuilding efforts.

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