Pakistan's 2010 Flood Crisis (Epilogue)
2014
This multi-part case study describes the government of Pakistan’s response to the crisis of flooding that inundated a fifth of the country and displaced millions in 2010. It highlights the performance of the country’s nascent emergency management agency, and considers integration of international aid from the global humanitarian community and the U.S. military. The case aims to teach students about disaster response in a complex environment, and prompts them to consider the opportunities that can arise with close coordination between two well-resourced institutions—the United States and the Pakistani military. The case is comprised of Part A, Part B, and an Epilogue.
These cases are part of a series produced by the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Case Program, hosted by the HKS Strengthening Learning and Teaching Excellence (SLATE) initiative, the world’s largest producer and repository of case studies designed for teaching about how government works and how public policy is made. Each case in the series is designed to train public leaders, and introduces actual policy dilemmas along with data to equip students to learn how to apply the rigor of quantitative analysis in the real world.
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Pakistan's 2010 Flood Crisis (Epilogue)
Source:
Tannenwald D. Inundation: The Slow-Moving Crisis of Pakistan’s 2010 Floods (Epilogue). HKS Case No. 2016.1. Harvard Kennedy School Case Program 2014. http://case.hks.harvard.edu/inundation-the-slow-moving-crisis-of-pakistan-s-2010-floods-epilogue.