New Lamps for Old: the role of information management in humanitarian asistance

keywords:

assessment
coordination
vision

Publication details

Publisher(s)	International Council of voluntary assistance (2001)
Author(s)	Paul Currion

Description

Many humanitarian organisations give little priority to information management in the midst of a humanitarian crisis; it is not seen as an essential part of their main humanitarian work. Yet, in reality, there is a direct association between the effective management of information and the effective delivery of humanitarian assistance.