Business Case Assessment for Accelerating Development Investments in Famine Response and Prevention: Case Study South Sudan

Author(s)
Demetriou, S.
Publication language
English
Pages
32pp
Date published
26 Jan 2018
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Development & humanitarian aid, Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Food security
Countries
South Sudan

The objective of this study is to inform the further development of a comprehensive approach to famine prevention and response at global and country. It seeks to illustrate - based on data and evidence collected - how increased development investments in particular can assist countries in breaking chronic cycles of crisis and famine and put them on a sustainable path to resilient development, and the urgency of such investments in parallel to ongoing humanitarian operations and peacebuilding efforts.