Disaster relief management: supply chain challenges and recent progress

Abstract

This research starts by introducingthe topic ofdisaster relief management and underlines theimportance of logistics and supply chain in the humanitarian context. It thenfocuses on describingfour of the main chronic challenges hindering the humanitarian relief effectiveness and efficiency, by providing an overview of eachandthe recent solutions and progressesachieved in each of those areas. The former is supported by data on real disaster scenarios,and when possible, is inserted in the context of the relief upon the Mozambican cyclonesin 2019. Follows a compilation of themain results of such analysis, and recommendations to NGOs on how to further improve the performance of their relief operations.Concludes by presenting the shortcomings of the concern research and potential directions forfuture similar studies.