Donor fatigue

Donor fatigue

Donor fatigue is a phenomenon in which people no longer give to charities, although they have in the past.[1] On a larger scale, it can also refer to a slowness to act on the part of the international community or any other donor base in response to a humanitarian crisis or call-to-action.

Examples

  • TICAD was formed at a time when the international community’s interest in Africa was starting to wane, and donor fatigue was setting in.[2]
  • United Nations Security Council Resolution 1087: There was slow progress in the peace process, including implementing the Lusaka Protocol. The Council approved the Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's recommendation to reduce the size of UNAVEM III during February 1997,[3] due to donor fatigue.[4]
  • In combatting HIV/AIDS in Uganda, US-sponsored abstinence promotions have received recent criticism from observers for denying young people information about any method of HIV prevention other than sexual abstinence until marriage. Human Rights Watch says that such programmes "leave Uganda’s children at risk of HIV".[5] Alternatively, the Roman Catholic organization Human Life International says that "condoms are adding to the problem, not solving it" and that "The government of Uganda believes its people have the human capacity to change their risky behaviors."[6] Other critics have argued that Uganda's success story has been hugely exaggerated as a combatant to donor fatigue, and to bolster the US Republican case for Abstinence only campaigns in Africa.

See also

  • AIDS fatigue, when public health messages are ignored for similar reasons
  • Information fatigue
  • Voter fatigue, voting apathy related to too-frequent elections

References

  1. ^ S.E. Smith. "What is Donor Fatigue?". Wise Geek. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-donor-fatigue.htm. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 
  2. ^ Blay, Gina. "Japan-African Forum Begins," Daily Guide (Accra). May 27, 2008.
  3. ^ Cooper, Andrew Fenton; English, John; Thakur, Ramesh Chandra (2002). Enhancing global governance: towards a new diplomacy?. United Nations University Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-9280810745. 
  4. ^ Brzoska, Michael; Lopez, George A. (2009). Putting teeth in the tiger: improving the effectiveness of arms embargoes. Emerald Group Publishing. p. 147. ISBN 978-1848552029. 
  5. ^ "Uganda: 'Abstinence-Only' Programs Hijack AIDS Success Story", Human Rights Watch, 30 March 2005
  6. ^ "An open letter to Melinda Gates", [Human Life International], 29 August 2006

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