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Challenges and Opportunities : The Influence of Cluster Coordination and Digital Technologies on Humanitarian Aid Efficiency in the Horn of Africa
Meßner, Lilly Kristin (2025) Challenges and Opportunities : The Influence of Cluster Coordination and Digital Technologies on Humanitarian Aid Efficiency in the Horn of Africa.
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Abstract: | This bachelor thesis focuses on challenges and opportunities of the influence of cluster coordination and digital technologies on humanitarian aid efficiency in the Horn of Africa. The paper analyzes coordination structures, collaboration, duplicative mechanisms as well as resource distribution and information exchange among various stakeholders. Digital innovations are reviewed in their ability to enhance speed and precision of resource distribution as well as to help humanitarian workers to adapt more efficiently to changing conditions. Furthermore, the focus lies on the contextual factors. This includes political conflicts and infrastructural issues that hinder the integration of the cluster system and digital technologies in the Horn of Africa. The methodological approach is an instrumental multiple case study of the humanitarian crises of Ethiopia and Somalia with a qualitative literature review of academic articles, official reports and other relevant publications. The cluster system offers a platform for collaboration but the structural issues and systematic weaknesses in leadership, decision-making and strategic planning hinder the coordination and efficiency of response efforts in the Horn of Africa. Digital technologies are able to increase the accuracy and speed of humanitarian operations but cannot fill the structural gaps. |
Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
Subject: | 10 humanities in general, 89 political science |
Programme: | Management Society and Technology BSc (56654) |
Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/107533 |
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