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This Briefing Paper summarises the results of a year-long study on needs assessment and decision-making in the humanitarian sector. The study is informed by an overarching concern with the...
This paper examines the impact of conflict on the development process in four African countries: Uganda, Sudan, Mali and Angola, and its implications for NGO policy and practice. The paper is...
In international responses to humanitarian crises, some sectors have in the past benefitedfrom having clearly mandated lead agencies, while others have not. This has repeatedly ledto ad hoc,...
The purpose of this workbook is to facilitate the capacity building of local government officials on Community-based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) in PDRSEA target countries including Cambodia...
How to Reduce Vulnerability of Existing Structures in Earthquake Affected Areas of Jammu and Kashmir. This manual has been prepared to assist in the restoration and retrofitting of structures...
This manual has been prepared to assist in the restoration and retrofitting of structures located in therural areas of earthquake affected Kashmir, situated in the northernmost area of India and...
This study project involved an assessment of the social development-related needs of people in tsunami-affected areas in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The aims were to: (1) enable socially-...
As the international community places increasing emphasis on disaster prevention, there is growing interest in the potential of insurance as part of an effective ex ante risk-management strategy....
African countries: Nigeria, The Gambia, Senegal and Sierra Leone. This first draft report of the investigation is intended for use during a consultation process with relevant role players, in...
The earthquake that hit northern Pakistan on 8 October 2005 left widespread destruction, killing at least 73,000 people, severely injuring another 70,000 and leaving 2.8 million people without...