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The ECCD1 field has neglected the critically important topic of early childhood investment, finance, and costs. This issue of the Coordinators' Notebook, prepared by the Consultative Group...
This publication is intended to provide design guidance for theprotection of school buildings and their occupants against naturalhazards, and concentrates on grade schools (K-12); the focus is...
This document is a compilation by the UNCRD of reports/outcomes from the International Symposium 2008 of Earthquake Safe Housing. The Housing Earthquake Safety Initiative (HESI) aims to improve...
IOC of UNESCO manuals and guides, no. 49. IOC recommends that planners use this guide as a basis for forming a strong tsunami readiness policy within the community. It provides a general plan of...
This document helps to explain how disasters and conflicts, as well as relief and recovery operations, impact the environment in ways that threaten human life, health, livelihoods and security....
Refugees tend to use sources of energy for cooking, heating and lighting that are already familiar to them and readily available in the areas where they are temporarily settled. In most situations...
The purpose of this Guide is to provide practical suggestions on designing Quick impactProjects (QiPs) in a way that contributes to solutions for refugee and returnee situations andproduces...
The search for durable solutions to the plight of refugees and other displaced people lies at the heart of UNHCR's work. Echoing this, in December 2008 the High Commissioner's Dialogue...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, intends to implement long term agreements for the supply of tents. In this regard, suppliers...
This guide sets out the key elements of a housing finance strategy and the process of developing a housing finance strategy, including the study of housing demand, identifying available resources...