Humanitarian Supply Chain Management in Aid And Disaster Relief

Abstract

This study has aimed to investigate the impact of humanitarian relief logistics on humanitarian supply chain management in Pakistan, as poor infrastructure, inappropriate communication, restricted funds, ineffective government initiatives, and limited human resource have been considered as independent variables. Whereas, humanitarian supply chain management has been used as the dependent variable, to testify their relationship in NGOs of Pakistan. Meanwhile, an adoptive structured questionnaire based on 5 Likert scale has been the research instrument used for collection of data from respondents (employees working in NGOs of Pakistan). A sample size of 250 respondents has been selected to represent the entire population. Whereas, structured questionnaire has been distributed amongst the employees of Pakistani NGOs for data collection. Collected data was then analyzed through statistical instruments such as correlation and regression by using SPSS Software. Based on the findings, it has been concluded that humanitarian relief logistics (poor infrastructure, inappropriate communication, restricted funds, ineffective government initiatives, and limited human resource) has significant impact on humanitarian supply chain management in Pakistan