Figure 5
A schematic diagram presents a theoretical framework for the role of government in humanitarian logistics. The government is shown at the centre, connected to three main functions. One function is facilitating coordination with stakeholders, including planning, authorising resource utilisation, minimising duplicated effort, relationship management, and contract management. A second function is facilitating, rejecting, aid as a host for external stakeholders, including easing or tightening regulation and structuring distribution to ensure equity. A third function is funding for response and stakeholders, including direct funding, subsidies, infrastructure investments, supply provisioning and stockpiling, supply pre-positioning, and initial response by the government. Below the government, a stakeholder group is listed, including N G Os, international humanitarian organisations, logistics service providers, victims, military, and higher central or lower local levels of government.Theoretical framework for the role of government in humanitarian logistics