Provision of Humanitarian Aid on Post-conflict Rehabilitation: A Case Study of Kyrgyzstan

Abstract

This work discusses the humanitarian aid delivery in general, taking into consideration examples of several cases which happened in different countries where humanitarian crisis appeared and international assistance was required. It speaks about key factors in the relationships among stakeholders which make the delivery of aid and relief less efficient in the conflict affected area. They are: conflict sensitivity, difficult partnership, agency problems, state control and others. The challenges of the efficiency of humanitarian aid programs are applied to case of Kyrgyzstan and contain aforementioned factors. Basing on conducted interviews of NGOs and INGOs operated in the south of Kyrgyzstan and analysis of relevant documentation the paper traces the process of delivery and distribution of aid after the June 2010 events. It reveals the main challenges of the process of 2010 – 2011 post rehabilitation period and the nature of those challenges in Kyrgyzstan. To the mentioned above factors can be added bribery, personal ambitions, technical unpreparedness and desire to self-enrichment which definitely contribute into ineffectiveness of aid programs and projects in the field.