Dec 14 2012
On the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) blog, Ashley Chandler, deputy policy director at the USGLC, discusses USAID's new guidance on Building Resilience to Recurrent Crisis, writing that the policy "is about using existing development dollars more effectively in disaster prone regions, so that less humanitarian assistance is needed in the future." She asks, "But what's the ultimate goal?" and continues, "USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah says success will be measured by whether USAID is able 'to put ourselves out of business' by reducing the number, volume, and length of time of the 'infusions of humanitarian assistance needed in the future.'" Chandler concludes, "As America strives to get our own fiscal house in order, the fact of the matter is that we're also nearing a critical mass for relief and development funding. Meaning, 'doing more of the same,' to quote Administrator Shah, is no longer an option. Nor should it be" (12/12).
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 This article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.
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