Developing 'Connectors' During Humanitarian Intervention: Is It Possible in Western Sudan?

Humanitarian Exchange, No. 30, pp. 30-31, June 2005

8 Pages Posted: 12 Mar 2009 Last revised: 25 Sep 2010

Date Written: June 1, 2005

Abstract

This paper considers the potential utilisation of traditional communal labor practices, common in northern and western Sudan, known as naffir, by humanitarian organisations as a peacebuilding tool in Darfur.

Keywords: Peacebuilding, Humanitarian Aid, Communal Labor, Darfur, Sudan

JEL Classification: F35, N47, H56

Suggested Citation

Kevlihan, Rob, Developing 'Connectors' During Humanitarian Intervention: Is It Possible in Western Sudan? (June 1, 2005). Humanitarian Exchange, No. 30, pp. 30-31, June 2005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1357932

Rob Kevlihan (Contact Author)

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