Recent food crises, for example those in the Sahel in 2005 and 2010, and most recently in the Horn of Africa, have raised serious questions about the ability of the humanitarian system to respond effectively to Early Warning Systems (EWS).
Despite EWS generating accurate and reliable predictions of emergencies, providing governments and international agencies with ample time to raise funds and intervene early, responses can be characterised as 'too little, too late'.
The repeated failure to translate early warnings into early action has major consequences for the efficacy of humanitarian responses, as agencies are limited in their ability to raise and mobilise resources, build logistical capacity and undertake preventative interventions designed to stop vulnerable people reaching crisis point.
See full Report: http://www.chathamhouse.org/research/eedp/current-projects/translating-early-warning-early-action
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