@article {Moore:December 2003:0361-3666:305, author = "Moore, Spencer", author = "Eng, Eugenia", author = "Daniel, Mark", title = "International NGOs and the Role of Network Centrality in Humanitarian Aid Operations: A Case Study of Coordination During the 2000 Mozambique Floods", journal = "Disasters", volume = "27", year = "December 2003", abstract = "In February 2000, Mozambique suffered its worst flooding in almost 50 years: 699 people died and hundreds of thousands were displaced. Over 49 countries and 30 international non-governmental organisations provided humanitarian assistance. Coordination of disaster assistance is critical for effective humanitarian aid operations, but limited attention has been directed toward evaluating the system-wide structure of inter-organisational coordination during humanitarian operations.

Network analysis methods were used to examine the structure of inter-organisational relations among 65 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) involved in the flood operations in Mozambique. Centrality scores were used to estimate NGO-specific potential for aid coordination and tested against NGO beneficiary numbers. The average number of relief- and recovery-period beneficiaries was significantly greater for NGOs with high relative to low centrality scores (p<0.05). This report addresses the significance of these findings in the context of the Mozambican 2000 floods and the type of data required to evaluate system-wide coordination.", pages = "305-318(14)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/disa/2003/00000027/00000004/art00003" doi = "doi:10.1111/j.0361-3666.2003.00305.x" }