Aid
- Japan Disaster: Lessons from the Asian Tsunami?
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As Japan embarks on its long road to recovery, there is a considerable body of research detailing the reconstruction efforts after the 2004 Asian tsunami. In this short blog, our Aid Editor considers whether those charged with rebuilding the country, could draw on the lessons learnt from 2004 to develop a more refined and effective response.
Previous feature: Winners and losers in the UK Aid spending review
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- Assessing the impact of transparency and accountability initiatives
- ( R. Carlitz / Department for International Development, UK , 2012)
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Transparency of budget process has, in the last two decades, become one of the pillars of good governance. However, have budget-related transparency and accountability initiatives (TAIs) been effec...
Developing governance: challenges and progress
- ( T. Carothers;D. de Gramont / Carnegie Endowment for International Peace , 2011)
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Since emerging as a new donor enthusiasm in the 1990s, governance support has become a major area of aid to developing countries. The idea that remedying debilitating patterns of inefficient, corru...
- How can disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation be integrated?
- ( T. Mitchell;M. van Aalst;P.S. Villanueva / Eldis Community , 2010)
- This paper reviews the extent of convergence between disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) at a number of scales. It also examines what is at stake if the two agendas do no...
- Strengthening the 2004 Tsunami-affected population’s resilience to future disasters
- ( A. Bhattacharjee;M. Bhatt;T. Vaux / Reliefweb , 2010)
- This review report from the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) examines whether its vision of a more long-lasting impact had been achieved in terms of strengthening the 2004 Tsunami-affected populati...
- Donor support evaluation in Southern Sudan
- ( J. Bennett (ed);S. Pantuliano (ed);W. Fenton (ed) / Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation , 2010)
- This report of the evaluation of donor support to conflict prevention and peacebuilding activities in Southern Sudan came at a critical juncture in the history of Sudan. and was prepared during the le...
- Evaluation of Norwegian assistance to IDPs in Somalia
- ( M. Fisher (ed);J. Quanjer (ed) / Norwegian Refugee Council , 2011)
- This report is an evaluation of a project in Galkaiyo, southern Puntland,implemented by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and supported by theSwedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SI...
- Mapping study for evaluation of Norwegian support for human rights
- ( V. Bye (ed);R. Bezerra (ed);A.D. Disch (ed) / Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation , 2011)
- Almost 10 billion kroner (approximately 1,8 billion US dollars) havebeen given to development cooperation to promote human rights over thepast decade. This Mapping Study is the first deliverable for t...
Mexican anti-poverty and human resource investment programme significantly improve women health
- ( J.R. Behrman;S.W. Parker / Population Aging Research Center, University of Pennsylvania , 2011)
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Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs link public transfers to human capital investment. This paper examines health and work impacts on the ageing for the Mexican PROGRESA/Oportunidades programm...
- The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation stategy
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- Norad – The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation – is a specialised directorate under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Norad’s functions are laid down in the agency’s t...
- Older people in emergencies are more vulnerable than others
- ( HelpAge International , 2011)
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When disaster strikes, older people are among the most vulnerable to neglect, injury, death and disease, yet their needs are often overlooked. This report sets out the scale and nature of this prob...
