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The Birth of Humanitarian Economics

Gilles Carbonnier
The Graduate Institute of Geneva, 2015
Level: beginner
Perspective: Other
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Format: Lecture / Presentation
Duration: 4:51
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQpFE2Zmms4

Gilles Carbonnier, Professor of Development Economics and Director of Studies at The Graduate Institute Geneva, explains the emerging field of Humanitarian Economics. It analyses how economics can help to better grasp and respond to humanitarian crises, and why capturing market dynamics - including the humanitarian market itself, or in relation to e.g. kidnapping and detention in war - has become critical.

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Tags: conflict | crisis | disaster | emergence | humanitarian economics | war
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