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The political economy of disaster aid

The case of Pakistan

It is indeed distressing to see that while millions of people in Pakistan are facing a colossal disaster, whose unprecedented dimensions are now universally recognized and is still unfolding, it is failing to melt the hearts that would normally be swayed by much lesser calamities. The reasons seem to lie in the complex political economy of altruism and self-interest or greed. Comment by S M Naseem.

A disaster on this scale can hardly be expected to be surmounted through mobilizing – however vigorously – only the domestic resources in a developing country, especially one that is embroiled in an enervating civil strife and confronted with major internal and external challenges and where the state machinery and supporting infrastructure have collapsed through neglect, misuse, corruption and lack of maintenance. In the case of Pakistan, where the governments have been addicted to relying on foreign aid and loans not only for much smaller disasters, but for the fulfilment of routine obligations to its citizens, including security and justice, not to speak of education and health, such an expectation is nothing short of crying for the moon...

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