ABSTRACT
[Editorial comment: Programmes of the kind discussed in this chapter are particularly important because of the relief and benefits they can bring to those suffering from natural and other disasters. The writers are well experienced in this field: Ricardo Viana Vargas and Farhad Abdollahyan are both from the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), and Carlos Soares and André Bittencourt do Valle are at Universidade Federal Fluminense. DL] Humanitarian and development-driven projects and programmes deal with human-made disasters such as conflicts, terrorism, technological hazards and disasters triggered by natural hazards (such as earthquakes, floods and droughts) or to solve development needs such as lack of health and sanitation, famine and poverty, illiteracy, lack of human resources qualification and lack of livelihood. This chapter covers humanitarian and development projects that are undertaken in a post-disaster environment or in cases of chronic hunger and poverty. The international community contributes to these areas through the provision of funds, experts, food, medicines, farming and other technological tools, and building materials among other items. All these temporary engagements are projects managed with a varying scale of efficiency and effectiveness.
