Rights-based Humanitarian Indicators in Post-earthquake Haiti

Rights-based Humanitarian Indicators in Post-earthquake Haiti

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This chapter discusses the effects and operation of indicators that are used to guide and measure the work of humanitarian relief agencies in their on-the-ground operations in Haiti. It examines two major sets of standards that were used as a form of self-regulation by several groups of major international non-governmental organizations (NGOs)—such as the Sphere indicators—that are used by primary donors to guide certain decisions. This chapter also introduces the Sphere Handbook, which contains some regulatory silences.

Source Publication

Governance by Indicators: Global Power through Quantification and Rankings

Source Editors/Authors

Kevin E. Davis, Angelina Fisher, Benedict Kingsbury, Sally Engle Merry

Publication Date

2012

Rights-based Humanitarian Indicators in Post-earthquake Haiti

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