Meanwhile, the influx of aid has, in many cases, created dependency, fed corruption, contributed to insecurity and undermined the host government's capacity to oversee sustainable programs.
With research showing that the number of violent conflicts has steadily increased since the 1950s, Philip Stack, a senior analyst at Verisk Maplecroft, a supply chain and risk management firm, says that companies trying to manage supply chains in conflict or post-conflict environments must have robust systems in place to ensure they are not contributing to insecurity.
As a man who pulled himself up by bootstraps, Varela shared Fortuyn's wish to challenge the complacency of mainstream Dutch parties to say out loud that too many immigrants and asylum seekers were pouring in and profiting from the welfare system - while contributing to insecurity.
According to the report: "Foreign aid, when misspent, can fuel corruption, distort labor and goods markets, undermine the host government's ability to exert control over resources, and contribute to insecurity".
Michael R. Gordon and Eric Schmitt write that the report said officials' lack of leadership and a culture of "husbanding resources" contributed to insecurities at the compound, where Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed on Sept. 11.
Additionally, by reducing the land available for small-scale farmers to produce food for subsistence, unequal land ownership contributes to food insecurity, resulting in malnutrition, anaemia, calcium deficiencies and hunger.
The lack of secure markets limits the ability of the pastoralists to sell livestock prior to or during dry periods and hence contributes to food insecurity (Barrett et al. 2003; Juma 2010; Speranza 2010).
Being denied the legal protections and economic safeguards provided to married heterosexual couples and parents contributes to higher economic insecurity for LGBT families.
Temporary 'asylum' status contributes to ongoing uncertainty, insecurity and the potential of forced return.
Hadley et al. [ 11] in their study in rural Ethiopia noted that food insecurity contributes to stressful life and both food insecurity and stressful life events were independently associated with symptoms of high posttraumatic stress in their study.
