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dc.contributor.authorSuhrke, Astri
dc.contributor.authorOfstad, Arve
dc.date.accessioned2008-02-20T13:29:15Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-29T09:12:42Z
dc.date.available2008-02-20T13:29:15Z
dc.date.available2017-03-29T09:12:42Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.isbn82-8062-128-8
dc.identifier.issn0804-3639
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2435909
dc.description.abstractAn assumed gap between relief and development assistance was widely discussed in the 1990s. Urged to “mind the gap”, the multilateral aid agencies adjusted. In terms of the initial learning phase - i.e. readiness to recognize a new set of problems and adjust objectives and programs accordingly - the agencies thus responded effectively. Functional adjustment was fostered by agency concern for their organizational standing, reinforced by inter-agency competition. Attempts by two agencies to forge a structured approach and create a regime to address “the gap” was neither successful, nor did it in the end prove necessary. The case suggests that inter-agency competition rather than cooperative regime-building is the easiest way to foster certain kinds of organizational learning.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherChr. Michelsen Institute
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCMI Working paper
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWP 2005: 14
dc.subjectMultilateral aid
dc.subjectDevelopment aid
dc.subjectHumanitarian assistance
dc.subjectInternational organizations
dc.titleFilling "the Gap": Lessons Well Learnt by the Multilateral Aid Agencies
dc.typeWorking paper


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