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This paper uses panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi to examine the impacts of natural disasters on schooling investments, with a particular focus on the roles of ex-ante actions and...
An addition to the training accompanying the transitional settlement: displaced populations. A case study looking at the Kakuma camp in Kenya
An update of DFID funded shelter projects
with IOM & partners, Heritage Foundation and HANDS in southern Sindh, Pakistan
October, 2012
This review focuses on woody bamboos with the highest diversity recorded in the Asia-Pacific region where bamboos play a major role in ecosystem dynamics in many forests.
This work is a first step towards quantifying existing resources of bamboo. Knowledge of the magnitude and distribution of these resources is a necessary precursor to planning and implementing...
Discussion on Grameen bank's experiences with providing credit to enable low-income families to pay for housing improvements and on the model house.
Evidence from the field of strong wind-prone areas indicates that there is a socially perceived need of more engineering knowledge and improved construction of domestic dwellings.
This paper looks at wind hazard zones in Bangladesh and how they can be protected against the wind.
This paper seeks to show that upgradation of rural markets to growth centers, by providing necessary infrastructures, improves rural economy as a whole.
This study describes the role of women in repairing and maintaining their houses and how education can help them to create more resilient housing.