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This study was born of a commitment to understanding cash transfers as a tool for providing emergency relief and the subsequent implications for World Vision. It draws on the growing volume of...
Recent devastating losses in earthquakes to housing around the world highlight the need to share information on building construction practices and strengthening technologies. The Earthquake...
The report documents the Madura Temporary Shelter Program (MTSP) in Indonesia which was undergoing ethnic conflict in Central Kalimantan. The goal of the MTSP is to improve the household living...
This documents describes all the financial movements and justifications The World Bank suggests to rebuild Port-au-Prince and other cities hit by the 2010 Haiti's earthquake. It is extremely...
For more than 10 years, UN-HABITAT has been operating in humanitarian and crisis situations, supporting efforts by national governments, local authorities and civil society to strengthen their...
The Yokohama Review currently is proceeding as an analytical process that reflects the current state of awareness and accomplishments, limitations and constraints, and expresses major conclusions...
The information compiled in this document is drawn from events organized by Governments, international organizations and other partners in the context of the preparation of the WCDR. The...
The Third Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and the World Reconstruction Conferencemet in Geneva, 8-13 May 2011. Opened by the United Nations Secretary-General BAN Ki-Moon...
The present document has been prepared in accordance with the UN General Assembly resolutions A/RES/56/195 (para 18) and A/RES/57/256 (paras 4, 5 and 7) where it was proposed to undertake the...
The World Conference on Disaster Reduction 2005 took place in Kobe, Hyogo. When the United Nations General Assembly decided to convene this conference in Kobe, accepting the invitation of the...