Book contents
- Resilient Humanitarianism
- Resilient Humanitarianism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part IDisruption of the Red Cross Ecosystem
- Part IIGlobal Health Initiatives
- Part IIIA Peacetime Organisation in War
- Part IVProviding Relief and Building Capacity
- 12Development in the Global South
- 13The League in South East Asia during the Cold War, 1950s–1970s
- 14Re-evaluating Red Cross Relationships and Famines in Africa, 1970s and 1980s
- 15Turning the Red Cross Green: The League and Environment in the 1970s
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
12 - Development in the Global South
from Part IV - Providing Relief and Building Capacity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 March 2026
Book contents
- Resilient Humanitarianism
- Resilient Humanitarianism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part IDisruption of the Red Cross Ecosystem
- Part IIGlobal Health Initiatives
- Part IIIA Peacetime Organisation in War
- Part IVProviding Relief and Building Capacity
- 12Development in the Global South
- 13The League in South East Asia during the Cold War, 1950s–1970s
- 14Re-evaluating Red Cross Relationships and Famines in Africa, 1970s and 1980s
- 15Turning the Red Cross Green: The League and Environment in the 1970s
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
One of the main objectives of the League of Red Cross Societies from the 1960s to the 1980s was to improve the systems and methods of its member Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies. These decades saw an enormous growth in membership with new National Societies emerging in the wake of decolonisation in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. This chapter explores how the League responded to the challenges posed by the vastly different capabilities of National Societies. It provides a nuanced examination of the motivations and actions of the League, and addresses the complexities of an international humanitarian body that represented so many different countries, cultures, and systems. The chapter discusses how these issues were tackled in the League’s Development Programme established in 1963. It explores the external challenges that eroded the impact of the Development Programme, and how the League modified its approach as the global economic crisis of the 1970s slowed and even reversed some of the progress made.
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- Resilient HumanitarianismThe League of Red Cross Societies, 1919–1991, pp. 239 - 259Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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