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Mainstreaming economic recovery into humanitarian response programming
11 May 2014 | Sphere Project
The first stages of a humanitarian response may have crucial consequences for the longer-term recovery that should begin once the crisis has subsided. If not properly done, economic development programs can do more harm than good. That’s where the Minimum Economic Recovery Standards (MERS) enter the picture, providing guidance to humanitarian practitioners who are not necessarily trained in market development.