Displacement, Relief Governance And Humanitarian Response During The Manipur Crisis
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The Manipur crisis has led to high rates of human displacement within the country which creates an inequality that results in bringing out the socio-political divide in the region that questions the governance and humanitarian systems. The paper will examine the trend, scale and socio-economic impact of displacement of the crisis and more specifically within communities the affected populations, the demographic impact and disruption of livelihood in the long term. It also looks at how relief governance structures can be effective and effective in addressing internally displaced persons (IDPs), such as the role of the state, local government and the security forces in the process as well as issues of coordination, policy implementation and allocation of resources. In addition, the paper will also evaluate the humanitarian response efforts applied by the government agencies, civil society organizations and also assess the non-governmental organizations and assess their appropriateness, inclusivity and overall contribution towards the mitigation and rehabilitation of crisis. In the synthesis approach to the study of governance and humanitarian evaluation, the research will yield contribution towards better understanding of the institutional readiness, failure of responses and the general implications of displacement in the context of social stability, human security and long term recovery in the conflict affected regions..
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