Local institutional development and relief in Ethiopia: A Kire-based seed distribution programme in north Wollo

Highlighted here is the important role played by community‐based organisations in relief supply operations. In the context of an emergency seed supply project in northern Ethiopia in 1995, it examines the participation of burial societies, known as kires, in targeting, distribution and management. T...

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Main Author: Pratten, D
Format: Journal article
Published: Wiley 1997
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description Highlighted here is the important role played by community‐based organisations in relief supply operations. In the context of an emergency seed supply project in northern Ethiopia in 1995, it examines the participation of burial societies, known as kires, in targeting, distribution and management. The paper illustrates that factors of local institutional legitimacy, transparency and accountability are central, both to the effective representation of community views and to long‐term partnerships between local institutions and non‐governmental organisations.
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Local institutional development and relief in Ethiopia: A Kire-based seed distribution programme in north Wollo
title Local institutional development and relief in Ethiopia: A Kire-based seed distribution programme in north Wollo
title_full Local institutional development and relief in Ethiopia: A Kire-based seed distribution programme in north Wollo
title_fullStr Local institutional development and relief in Ethiopia: A Kire-based seed distribution programme in north Wollo
title_full_unstemmed Local institutional development and relief in Ethiopia: A Kire-based seed distribution programme in north Wollo
title_short Local institutional development and relief in Ethiopia: A Kire-based seed distribution programme in north Wollo
title_sort local institutional development and relief in ethiopia a kire based seed distribution programme in north wollo
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