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This publication, which highlights success stories and lessons learned, is aimed at a wide audience. The intent is to further raise awareness of the devastation that an environmental emergency can...
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-...
A guide to the planning, use, procurement and logistics of timber as a construction material in humanitarian relief
This theory-based impact evaluation has been managed jointly by the Offices of Evaluation of, the World Food Programme and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. It uses a mixed-method...
This is an initial report from the Tsunami Evaluation Coalition (TEC). The TEC is a collaborative effort by aid agencies (donor governments' aid departments, United Nations agencies, non-...
This Resource Catalogue on Capacity Assessment Tools is a brief review of twenty tools is meant to serve as a preliminary resource for development practitioners in the area of organizational...
Information on the nature and scope of sexual violence during and immediately after conflict is increasingly demanded by governments, NGOs, UN bodies (such as the Security Council), and...
The ISDR Secretariat presents these basic definitions on disaster risk reduction to promote a common understanding on this subject and for use by the public, authorities and practitioners. The...
This publication presents a selection of articles carried out within the framework of the Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Urban Risk Thematic Platform in...
The aim of the proposed African Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction is to contribute to the attainment of sustainable development and poverty eradication by facilitating the integration...