domestic and international point-scoring during times of crisis and disaster is a common game played by many governments and politicians
implicit hierarchy of crisis situations further influenced by artificial criteria, such as whether disasters are natural or man-made
Large aid agencies and humanitarian organisations are often highly competitive with each othe
obsessed with raising money
Media coverage as an end in itself is too often an aim of their activities
sometimes competitive with little collaboration between agencies, including smaller, grass-roots charities that may have have better networks in affected counties