Critical Detail: Resources—What do we provide?

The decisions about what resources to provide are usually focused on recipients’ needs.

However, these decisions also can have important effects on the broader economy. Decisions about resources involve both tangible goods (such as food, shelter, blankets, credit, etc.) and intangible services (such as health care, training, etc.). Decisions about what to provide affect social dynamics directly and indirectly.

Direct effects occur when assistance goods are stolen or diverted for support of the war effort. They also occur when the inputs provided, coupled with decisions about beneficiaries, reinforce and worsen divisions between those who receive assistance and those who do not.

Indirect effects occur when incomes that are gained or lost as a result of international assistance (through levies, wages, price changes, and profits) overlap with and reinforce intergroup divisions or increase incentives for continuing conflict. They also occur when the resources undermine incentives for civilian economic activities.

  • Is one group better off because of the resource?
  • Can the resource be stolen?
  • Does the resource have a military application?
  • Does the amount meet needs accurately or is there a surplus/shortfall of it? Both surplus and shortfall can affect competition for resources and spur theft.
  • Is the resource oriented toward individual recipients, family recipients, or collective recipients? Collective resources are often more able to focus on Connectors than individual or family ones. Individual or family resources can create jealousy when criteria exclude others.
  • Is the delivery timely or does it experience delays? Delays hurt people’s ability to plan and can increase tension.

Previous Page Critical Detail: Targeting—Who receives the benefits?
Next Page Critical Detail: Staffing—Who is hired?

Related Topics
Critical Detail: Partnering – Who do we work with and through?
Critical Detail: Working with local authorities
Critical Detail: How to intervene
Using the Six Critical Details
Critical Detail Mapping
Lesson 5: The details of interventions matter

“Is the resource oriented toward individual recipients, family recipients, or collective recipients?”
 
Jump to Distribution Effects and Fairness.

73 Comments

  1. Great work! This is the kind of info that should be shared around the net. Shame on the seek engines for not positioning this publish higher! Come on over and discuss with my website . Thanks =)

  2. Great – I should definitely pronounce, impressed with your website. I had no trouble navigating through all tabs as well as related info ended up being truly easy to do to access. I recently found what I hoped for before you know it at all. Quite unusual. Is likely to appreciate it for those who add forums or anything, site theme . a tones way for your client to communicate. Nice task.

  3. The next time I read a blog, I hope that it doesnt disappoint me as much as this one. I mean, I know it was my choice to read, but I actually thought youd have something interesting to say. All I hear is a bunch of whining about something that you could fix if you werent too busy looking for attention.

  4. Thank you for the sensible critique. Me and my neighbor were just preparing to do a little research about this. We got a grab a book from our area library but I think I learned more from this post. I’m very glad to see such great information being shared freely out there.

  5. Good blog! I truly love how it is easy on my eyes and the data are well written. I am wondering how I might be notified whenever a new post has been made. I have subscribed to your feed which must do the trick! Have a nice day!

  6. Its excellent as your other blog posts : D, appreciate it for posting. “Too much sensibility creates unhappiness too much insensibility leads to crime.” by Charles Maurice de Talleyrand.

  7. I genuinely enjoy reading on this internet site, it has got fantastic posts. “Don’t put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.” by Miguel de Cervantes.

  8. I’m not sure where you’re getting your information, but great topic. I needs to spend some time learning more or understanding more. Thanks for great information I was looking for this information for my mission.

  9. Somebody essentially help to make seriously articles I would state. This is the first time I frequented your website page and thus far? I surprised with the research you made to create this particular publish incredible. Wonderful job!

  10. wonderful post, very informative. I wonder why the other specialists of this sector don’t notice this. You must continue your writing. I’m confident, you’ve a huge readers’ base already!

  11. Thanks for the sensible critique. Me and my neighbor were just preparing to do some research about this. We got a grab a book from our local library but I think I learned more from this post. I am very glad to see such magnificent info being shared freely out there.

  12. Hi, just required you to know I he added your site to my Google bookmarks due to your layout. But seriously, I believe your internet site has 1 in the freshest theme I??ve came across. It extremely helps make reading your blog significantly easier.

  13. You really make it seem really easy together with your presentation but I in finding this matter to be really something that I believe I would never understand. It sort of feels too complicated and very huge for me. I am having a look ahead to your subsequent publish, I’ll try to get the hold of it!

  14. Good site! I truly love how it is simple on my eyes and the data are well written. I’m wondering how I could be notified whenever a new post has been made. I’ve subscribed to your feed which must do the trick! Have a great day!

  15. Can I just say what a aid to search out someone who really knows what theyre talking about on the internet. You definitely know learn how to bring a difficulty to gentle and make it important. More people have to learn this and perceive this facet of the story. I cant consider youre not more common since you undoubtedly have the gift.

  16. Great ?V I should definitely pronounce, impressed with your web site. I had no trouble navigating through all the tabs as well as related info ended up being truly simple to do to access. I recently found what I hoped for before you know it in the least. Quite unusual. Is likely to appreciate it for those who add forums or anything, site theme . a tones way for your customer to communicate. Nice task..

  17. Thank you so much for giving everyone an extremely nice possiblity to read in detail from this site. It’s usually very excellent and also packed with fun for me and my office acquaintances to search your website at a minimum 3 times in 7 days to read through the latest tips you have got. Of course, I’m always astounded with your wonderful opinions served by you. Some 3 ideas in this article are essentially the simplest we’ve ever had.

  18. I feel that is one of the so much important information for me. And i am glad studying your article. But want to observation on few basic issues, The site style is perfect, the articles is really excellent : D. Excellent process, cheers

  19. I want to point out my love for your kind-heartedness supporting persons who need help with this particular issue. Your special commitment to passing the message all through turned out to be pretty productive and have truly helped women much like me to realize their ambitions. Your new important tutorial denotes so much a person like me and somewhat more to my peers. Thank you; from all of us.

  20. fabuloso este conteúdo. Gostei muito. Aproveitem e vejam este conteúdo. informações, novidades e muito mais. Não deixem de acessar para se informar mais. Obrigado a todos e até mais. 🙂

  21. Iran Charter ( ایران چارتر ) is Iran’s first online charter and flight ticket purchase system Charter,as the first comprehensive online ticket service provider of charter airline tickets,seeks to provide easy and convenient services to customers for easy purchase of airline tickets,so we believe that the first principle of e-commerce is the ease of operation, with a contract As a ticket supplier,We have made it easy for you with charter companies and different airlines.

  22. Thanks for another fantastic article. Where else could anybody get that kind of information in such a perfect way of writing? I have a presentation next week, and I am on the look for such information.

  23. Great paintings! This is the type of info that are supposed to be shared across the net. Shame on Google for no longer positioning this post higher! Come on over and talk over with my site . Thank you =)

  24. What i do not realize is actually how you’re not really much more well-liked than you may be now. You’re very intelligent. You realize therefore significantly relating to this subject, produced me personally consider it from a lot of varied angles. Its like men and women aren’t fascinated unless it’s one thing to accomplish with Lady gaga! Your own stuffs excellent. Always maintain it up!

  25. I used to be suggested this website through my cousin. I am not positive whether or not this publish is written by means of him as nobody else realize such certain approximately my trouble. You are amazing! Thank you!

  26. It’s a shame you don’t have a donate button! I’d certainly donate to this brilliant blog! I guess for now i’ll settle for book-marking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forward to brand new updates and will share this website with my Facebook group. Talk soon!

  27. You actually make it appear really easy together with your presentation but I to find this matter to be actually one thing which I believe I might by no means understand. It kind of feels too complex and extremely vast for me. I am taking a look ahead on your next post, I¦ll attempt to get the cling of it!

  28. Hey there just wanted to give you a quick heads up. The text in your content seem to be running off the screen in Ie. I’m not sure if this is a format issue or something to do with web browser compatibility but I figured I’d post to let you know. The design and style look great though! Hope you get the problem fixed soon. Thanks

  29. I have been browsing online more than three hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours. It’s pretty worth enough for me. In my view, if all site owners and bloggers made good content as you did, the web will be much more useful than ever before.

  30. My coder is trying to convince me to move to .net from PHP. I have always disliked the idea because of the costs. But he’s tryiong none the less. I’ve been using WordPress on numerous websites for about a year and am anxious about switching to another platform. I have heard very good things about blogengine.net. Is there a way I can transfer all my wordpress content into it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Leave a Reply

XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>