Médecins du Monde - Comments

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8) The institutional learning

-With other NGOs, MDM-France tries to develop research on its activities. In November 2000, it launched the journal Humanitaire and established a Humanitarian Institute with Jacques Lebas and Jacky Mamou.
 
-MDM sometimes withdrew from situations where aid obviously contributed to helping the fighters, making conflicts longer or dictatorships stronger. This was the case in Sudan and North Korea, but not in Chechnya where MDM keeps its activities going from a distance with local teams and is therefore not in a position to have a real control on its operations in the country. As MDM gets a low “return on investment”, it can be supposed that the rebel fighters take a great part of the aid for themselves.