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A report on distribution, legal framework and tenure issues regarding land, water, forest and minerals in Afghanistan.
Guidance Sheet No. 9: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
The report, "Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements Sector Update- May 2012" is an update from USAID/OFDA about the sector. Recent projects supported by USAID/OFDA are highlighted, including: its...
“Pounds of Prevention” is a series of short articles that illustrate how disaster risk reduction works and why it is important. This case study on Guatemala, takes a behind-the-scenes look at aid...
After the devastating January 12, 2010, earthquake, USAID/OFDA initiated what became its largest-ever shelter and settlements sector program. Eventual spending exceeded $108 million to support a...
Sector overview
USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) remains at the forefront of the humanitarian community’s shelter and settlements (S&S) activities, all...
The objective of this paper is to provide technical information and lessons learned to support the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and its partners to effectively design...
The benefits of new electronic and mobile payment methods in support of USAID
objectives to better serve the unbanked have been well-documented in other literature,2
and that case will...
This Field Operations Guide (FOG) for Disaster Assessment and Response has been developed by the U. S. Agency for International Development/Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian...
This Field Operations Guide (FOG) for Disaster Assessment and Response has been developed by the U. S. Agency for International Development/Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian...