Rostow's brash optimism (though maybe not his hawkishness) seems somehow out of place in our post-millennial world of "poverty reduction" and "complex humanitarian emergencies".
Here are the pieces by Taub and Farrow that were honored: "The Emergency": Around Lake Chad, the world most complex humanitarian disaster is unfolding.
In complex humanitarian emergencies, an emergency relief coordinator equivalent would be deployed, under the resident and humanitarian coordinator, to ensure all humanitarian organisations work together to deliver life-saving assistance.
"These figures suggest that the flows are linked to the deteriorating multiple and complex humanitarian crises near Europe's external borders, including the war in Syria and the unrest caused by the political instability in Libya," Soda said.
According to Gifford, in a complex humanitarian emergency such as an earthquake in a mountainous area, with many villages but no usable roads a plane could carry several hundred Pouncers, each programmed with different landing coördinates.
At present there are complex humanitarian crises in Syria, Iraq, South Sudan, Palestine and Gaza, and Central African Republic, as well as a devastating Ebola outbreak in parts of west Africa.
In recent years, the Lake Chad region has become the setting of the world's most complex humanitarian disaster, devastated by converging scourges of climate change, violent extremism, food insecurity, population explosion, disease, poverty, weak statehood, and corruption.
Technological innovations should not be viewed as apolitical or neutral solutions to complex humanitarian problems.
Mass violence, armed conflict, genocide, and complex humanitarian emergencies continue to create major social and public health disasters at the dawn of the 21st Century.
Background. Although children are the most vulnerable group in any disaster, limited information exists regarding their unique needs in complex humanitarian emergencies.
She describes the situation as a "complex humanitarian crisis", and says: "The level of human suffering is really quite moving and harrowing".
