@incollection{fdi:010086279, title = {{H}umanitarian operations, social tensions, and development changes}, author = {{P}{\'e}rouse de {M}ontclos, {M}arc-{A}ntoine and {M}agrin, {G}. and {R}ang{\'e}, {C}. and {H}essana, {A}. and {D}on-{D}onn{\'e}, {G}.{P}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{I}n 2017, the situation is a combination of two crises. {O}ne is military and humanitarian as the fight continues against {B}oko {H}aram. {T}he other is economic due to the deterioration in public finances caused by the oil price slump since late 2014, which has more especially hit {N}igeria and {C}had. {T}his situation has had dramatic impacts on employment. {W}hile the military and local militias overpowered civilian authorities, the conflict has instilled a climate of suspicion and fear that has been instrumental in stirring ethnic, religious, and land tenure antagonisms. {T}he humanitarian operations deployed in 2016 have disrupted the political economy in the study zone. {T}he injection of funds and influx of international operators may well have contained the food crisis, but they have also complicated interventions and exacerbated corruption. {D}iversion of relief items is not the only challenge facing the aid players. {T}here is a crying lack of political vision and coordination at regional level, when the zone's structural under-development should call for crisis responses conceived in terms of construction rather than reconstruction.}, keywords = {{TCHAD} {LAC} ; {NIGERIA} ; {CAMEROUN} ; {NIGER} ; {TCHAD}}, booktitle = {{C}risis and development : the lake {C}had region and {B}oko {H}aram}, numero = {}, pages = {179--197}, address = {{P}aris}, publisher = {{AFD}}, series = {}, year = {2018}, ISBN = {978-2-37902-009-4}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010086279}, }