Striking a Balance: Disaster Responder's and Affected Communities' Interests in New Technologies
Searle, Martin | January 2019
Abstract
This report explores how to balance the needs of disaster responders and those of the disaster-affected when using emerging technologies. It draws on 10 semi-structured interviews conducted in Manila, Philippines in August 2018 with purposefully selected interlocutors representing both government and non-government sectors. The outcomes of those interviews were then discussed with humanitarian workers in Japan in September 2018 to gain a comparative perspective between a developing and a developed economy, both of which routinely experience significant disasters.
This policy report relays the findings of the research and, where appropriate, situates those findings within broader debates in the literature on humanitarian innovation. It then provides some policy recommendations based on those situated findings.
Citation
Searle, Martin. 2019. Striking a Balance: Disaster Responder's and Affected Communities' Interests in New Technologies. © S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/9580.Keywords
Results-Based Monitoring And Evaluation
Project Evaluation & Review Technique
Project Evaluation
Program Evaluation
Performance Evaluation
Operations Evaluation
Evaluation Methods
Evaluation
Disaster preparedness
Disaster prevention
Disaster management
Emergency relief
Flood control
Fire prevention
Natural disasters
Man-made disasters
Post-conflict recovery
Fragile states
Project impact
Development projects
Program management
Performance appraisal
Project appraisal
Technology assessment
Cumulative effects assessment
Grievance procedures
Participatory monitoring and evaluation
Show allCollapse