Humanitarian and emergency assistance manuals
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- A guide for humanitarian programme managers is to help to create, manage and develop teams
- ( People in Aid , 2006)
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The impact and effectiveness of relief and development operations depend on the quality of staff and volunteers and the support an agency gives them. This guide for humanitarian programme...
- Alternative approaches to sampling designs for emergency settings
- ( J. Valadez;K. Egge;S. Hoshaw-Woodard / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2009)
- This guide is tailored for programme managers, monitoring and evaluation specialists and survey leaders working with government agencies and humanitarian organizations. It provides them with instructi...
- Integrating gender issues in humanitarian responses to conflicts and emergencies
- ( United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs , 2006)
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In the rush to provide humanitarian response when a disaster hits or a conflict erupts, paying specific attention to gender issues may seem irrelevant. This handbook sets forth standards for the in...
- Asking the right questions about climate change risks and effects
- ( M. Van Aalst;M. Helmer;C. de Jong;et al. / Red Cross/ Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness , 2007)
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The Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Guide puts forward experiences of more than forty National Societies who in the last five years have started to address climate change in their work. The guide ...
- Conducting real time evaluations (RTEs) of humanitarian operational responses
- ( J. Cosgrave;B. Ramalingam;T. Beck / Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action , 2009)
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Real-time evaluations (RTE) is one of the most demanding types of evaluation practice. It requires wide range of skills from evaluators but also a tightly focused professional approach in orde...
- Technology-based non structural measures for managing floods
- ( A.B. Shrestha / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development , 2008)
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Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. They tend to carry with them much hi...
- Community-based approaches to flash flood risk management
- ( A.B. Shrestha;S.H. Shah;R. Karim / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development , 2008)
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Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. Vulnerable groups, including people ...
- Decentralised disaster risk management training
- ( Duryog Nivaran: South Asia Network for Disaster Risk Reduction , 2009)
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The concept of decentralised disaster risk management (DDRM) derives its insights from community-based disaster management (CBDM) in South Asia. As well as community ownership and leadership i...
- Guidelines on mental and psychological support in emergency settings
- ( Inter-Agency Standing Committee , 2007)
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Armed conflicts and natural disasters cause significant psychological and social suffering to affected populations. The psychological and social impacts of emergencies may be acute in short term, b...
How can livelihoods be supported in the midst of humanitarian crisis?
- ( J.R. Austin (ed) (ed);T. Morris / Women's Refugee Commission , 2009)
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Although necessary, emergency relief can only fulfil a limited role. For those that are forced to rely on humanitarian assistance for long periods aid must be provided for displaced persons to garn...
