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Title: | Realistic Rehabilitation: Linking Relief and Development in Mozambique |
Author: | Whiteside, Martin |
Year: | 1996 |
Periodical: | Development in Practice |
Volume: | 6 |
Issue: | 2 |
Period: | May |
Pages: | 122-128 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Mozambique |
Subjects: | refugees Mozambicans refugee assistance Development and Technology Economics and Trade international relations |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0961452961000157674 |
Abstract: | More than a decade of war in Mozambique led to more than one third of the population fleeing from their homes and farms, and to massive emergency relief programmes both inside the country and to refugees in neighbouring countries. Following the Peace Accord of 1992, the focus of most aid programmes shifted from emergency relief to rehabilitation, and ultimately to longer-term development. Rehabilitation involves re-establishing livelihood security among the poorest households in order to reduce vulnerability to future disasters, restart the local economy in a sustainable fashion, and avoid dependency. This article discusses experiences of postwar rehabilitation in Mozambique and suggests that, although many households rapidly restarted crop production, they remain vulnerable because they have not been able to rebuild reserves. The author cautions against over-rapid withdrawal from relief programmes. He examines the advantages of cash distribution as compared to food distribution as a means of promoting development, and considers the concern that any free distribution will lead to dependency. He suggests that distributing cash and allowing households to buy what they need most is sometimes more appropriate than distributing food, seeds, tools and selected household goods. Notes, ref., sum. |