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Situation reports & early warning
Role of early warning systems in decision making processes (pdf 45kb)
This paper explores the role of information from famine or food insecurity early warning systems in decision making by governments, donors, NGOs and local communities.Issues covered in the paper include:
- What is an effective early warning system and how does it work?
- Factors affecting the use of early warning information
- How donors use early warning system information
- Political influences on decision making
- Recommendations for improving the impact of early warning systems
The discussions draw on several case studies of the experience of early warning systems in several African countries during the 1990s.
- Resource link:
http://www.drought.unl.edu/ monitor/EWS/ ch2_Buchanan-Smith.pdf - Published: 2000
- Source: ODI (http://www.odi.org.uk)
- Added to ADG on: 27 November 2007 , contributed by: ADG team
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