ANTH 105g Lecture Notes - Médecins Sans Frontières, Nigerian Civil War, Humanitarian Aid
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Msf: medicine sans frontiers: similar to doctors without borders. Humanitarian aid vs. development: development: long-term solution to a problem, humanitarian aid: response to a problem, quicker solution. Ngo: non-governmental organization: // doctors without borders. State: a governed area (//nation, country: a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government , the state has failed = no one in charge. Ngos and states usually have different rules (may break a state"s laws, fill in where state leaves holes) Gongo: government-organized ngo: only in places where there are huuuge governments (ex: china) Dwb wanted to be more independent than a state. Red cross was around before them, but wouldn"t work somewhere if the state didn"t want them to (dwb does/would) After winning the nobel prize, they got a lot of donations from private citizens, which lets them do what they want. Dwb is almost as powerful as a small country.
