Approaches to Equity in Post-Tsunami Assistance - Sri Lanka: A Case Study

Type Case study
Language English
Pages: 48
Publisher(s) Department for International Development (DFID), Office of the UN Secretary General Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery
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Location(s) World
Author(s) Grewal, Mandeep Kaur
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This paper, commissioned by the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, is one of a range of studies designed to contribute to lesson learning within the humanitarian reform agenda. It is a review of how equity has been handled in the post-tsunami context, using the Sri Lankan experience as a case study. Through qualitative and quantitative evidence, it identifies: Patterns of inequity by comparing the assistance provided to tsunami and conflict affected communities;Disparities in the assistance provided within the tsunami Internally Displaced Person (IDP) group itself.