title: An economic framework for transitioning to capacity building.
abstract: Global Health Organizations (GHOs) often focus on resource provisioning strategies to assist communities in need, especially when disaster strikes. While such strategies are commendable, how should GHOs approach the challenge of developing sustainable strategic objectives after critical needs have been addressed? Leveraging the context of GHOs partnering with communities in need of support after disaster strikes, we propose an economic framework for use in strategic assessment and transition planning. We focus on a strategic process by which GHOs can systematically assess and manage the temporal shift from resource provisioning to capacity building strategies. The proposed framework is applied to pragmatic field experiences undertaken by the American Red Cross in the aftermath of the 2007 Peru earthquake. We specifically develop and propose: (1) An economic strategy assessment framework for GHOs seeking to provide support to communities characterised by high risk variances, incentive complexities and contingencies, and, (2) A practical strategic transition model for GHOs that emphasises proactively moving towards capacity building programme objectives through an emphasis on co-creation of value with community partners.
authors.affiliation: a Regional Representative for Central America , American Red Cross , Ciudad de Panamá, Republica de Panamá
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baranick
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baird
authors.forename: Ajay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vinze
keywords: Peru 2007 earthquake; capacity building; economic framework; resource provisioning; strategy