Managing Humanitarian Innovation: The cutting edge of aid - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1853399531 ISBN 13: 9781853399534

Verlag: Practical Action Publishing, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

The challenges facing humanitarian logistics are huge. Refugee camps present enormously challenging environments in which sudden spikes in demand, difficult to access locations, disruptions due to conflict or disasters, as well as normal supply chain problems are commonplace. This means that orders for medical and other supplies can take weeks and sometimes months to fulfil, severely impeding humanitarian operations. There is also a lack of or slow adoption of technology routinely used elsewhere. In addition, humanitarian logistics are also expensive. When customs clearance, transportation, storage, middlemen and administration are added in, the costs of basic items are often exorbitant. Managing Humanitarian Innovation presents a new approach that is beginning to transform the way humanitarian logistics are conducted. Innovation in logistics includes disrupting and improving supply chains through the use of technology, especially 3D printers, and engaging people to manage this approach. The book discusses what innovation is, and strategies for supporting it; it describes practical innovations and how they have been applied; and it outlines how innovation labs can be run. Finally it covers how to fund innovation and it suggests how humanitarian innovation might develop in the future. This book brings together the real experience of practitioners who have made innovation work. It is a collaborative work written by and for the community of people involved in humanitarian innovation, in particular in the making and manufacturing of humanitarian supplies. The book is full of practical and actionable points of value to the humanitarian community. Managing Humanitarian Innovation is essential reading for humanitarian practitioners as well as volunteers and others involved in humanitarian supplies provision. It is equally helpful to thought leaders, policy makers and educators.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Eric James is co-Founder of Field Ready, an NGO focused on innovating for improved ways of providing relief. He has nearly two decades working in humanitarian relief.

Abigail Taylor is a strategic advisor for the consulting firm Spark Strategy. She has developed considerable experience in business development and partnership management in Europe, Africa, and, more recently, Asia.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Practical Action Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1853399531
• ISBN 13: 9781853399534
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 274
• Herausgeber: James Eric, Taylor Abigail
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: GPSR Kontakt; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Deutschland