Aid is encouraging dependency – FVP

[Elisabeth Janaina]

Aid is encouraging dependency – FVP
Emmanuel Akile | September 25, 2017 | 8:22 am
FVP Taban Deng Gai addresses the 72nd UNGA in New York on Sept 23,
2017 | Photo | Larco Lomayat

The First Vice President has urged the international community to
shift its focus on South Sudan from humanitarian assistance to
development.

Taban Deng Gai, who was addressing the 72nd Session of the UN General
Assembly in New York over the weekend, suggested that the humanitarian
intervention is not helping the country as expected.

He believes that it is encouraging dependency among the citizens.

“The old paradigm that humanitarian intervention first and development
later is not a viable policy in the case of South Sudan,” he stated.

“Stabilization and Recovery initiatives are essential, and emergency
support needs to be effectively complemented with some level of
economic dynamism that provides new platform for social cohesion and
resilience-building.”

However, several political analysts and have argued that silencing the
guns is the best approach to stabilizing the country.

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