Humanitarian supply chains: challenging the system

Gyöngyi Kovacs; Graham Heaslip

doi:10.4337/9781803924922.00016

Humanitarian supply chains: challenging the system

Gyöngyi Kovacs, Graham Heaslip

Atlantic Technological University

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Abstract

Humanitarian needs are constantly on the rise, but funding for humanitarian aidaid does not follow suit. Yet humanitarians need to be able to deliver where everything else is failing. To be able to do so, humanitarian supply chainhumanitarian supply chains are changing rapidly. This chapter highlights three areas where the current humanitarian system is being challenged: greeninggreening, cash-based initiativescash-based initiatives, and the adoption of new technologies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Supply Chain : A System in Crisis
Editors	Stefan Gold, Andreas Wieland
Place of Publication	Cheltenham
Publisher	Edward Elgar
Publication date	2024
Pages	127-132
ISBN (Print)	978-1-80392-491-5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-80392-492-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803924922.00016
Publication status	Published - 2024
MoE publication type	A3 Book chapter

Keywords

512 Business and Management
humanitarian supply chain
systemic change
greening
waste management
cash-based initiatives
innovation
technology
robustness

Areas of Strength and Areas of High Potential (AoS and AoHP)

AoHP: Humanitarian and societal logistics

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Humanitarian supply chains: challenging the system

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Keywords

Areas of Strength and Areas of High Potential (AoS and AoHP)

UN SDGs

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Areas of Strength and Areas of High Potential (AoS and AoHP)

UN SDGs

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