Conflict and disasters
- A tool for assessing humanitarian crises and developing an appropriate response
- Agricultural and Development Economics Division, FAO, 2006
- This policy briefing provides a guide to the Integrated Food Security and Humanitarian Phase Classification (IPC) framework. The IPC framework is a standardised scale that integrates food security, nutrition and livelihood information...
- Civil unrest a cause or consequence of poverty?
- P. Justino / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2006
- Violent conflict, ranging in intensity from riots to wars, has become commonplace in today's world, and it would appear as though civil unrest on all scales is inextricably linked to poverty and deprivation. Or is it? This pap...
- Changing livelihoods in the Somali Region of Ethiopia
- S. Devereux / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
- This report examines the causes and consequences of livelihood vulnerability in Somali Region, Ethiopia. Examining household’s coping mechanisms the author finds that rationing of food consumption is an immediate response ...
- How does conflict shape adaptation and contribute to vulnerability in the face of climate stress?
- S. Eriksen; B. Owuor; E. Nyukuri; V. Orindi / Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2005
- This report discusses the proceedings of two related workshops, which presented the findings of the project “Adaptation as a livelihood struggle: conflict and vulnerability among dryland populations in Kenya”. This research ...
- Agricultural support in times of conflict
- C. Longley; I. Christoplos; T. Slaymaker / Overseas Development Institute, 2006
- This paper addresses the question of how to support the livelihoods of rural people who have been affected by conflict. Specifically, it focuses on how international actors might move beyond conventional seeds and tools interventions ...
- Identifying factors which enable South Asian communities to adapt to floods, droughts and climatic variability
- M. Moench; A. Dixit / Institute For Social And Environmental Transition, 2004
- This ‘Adaptive Strategies Project’ is the result of collaboration between local organisations, regional NGOs, international organisations and academic institutions; it attempts to understand and define factors enabling commu...
- Investigating methodologies for vulnerability assessments and their links with the sustainable livelihoods approach
- T. Cannon; J. Twigg; J. Rowell / Benfield Hazard Research Centre, 2004
- In 1997 the UK Department for International Development (DFID) adopted the priorities of the White Paper on International Development recognising the significance of socio-economic factors in making individuals vulnerable to disaster....
- Assessing reconstruction since the Tsunami: towards long-term poverty alleviation
- Oxfam, 2005
- In light of the fact that it is a year since the devastating Tsunami that hit communities in coastal areas of the Indian Ocean, this report is intended both as a reminder of the disaster and those who died, but also as an indication o...
- Food security survey after resettlement, Angola
- United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2005
- The central highlands of Angola is home to most of the formerly displaced/recently returned populations of the recently abated civil war, and is also one of the most vulnerable and food insecure areas in the country. The World Food Pr...
- Assessing the South Asia earthquake response
- Oxfam, 2005
- This Oxfam briefing note discusses the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan and Kashmir. The authors assess humanitarian responses in the six weeks since the disaster and argue that these have been inadequate and lacking in organisation. ...
- A tool for assessing humanitarian crises and developing an appropriate response
- Agricultural and Development Economics Division, FAO, 2006
- This policy briefing provides a guide to the Integrated Food Security and Humanitarian Phase Classification (IPC) framework. The IPC framework is a standardised scale that integrates food security, nutrition and livelihood information...
- Civil unrest a cause or consequence of poverty?
- P. Justino / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2006
- Violent conflict, ranging in intensity from riots to wars, has become commonplace in today's world, and it would appear as though civil unrest on all scales is inextricably linked to poverty and deprivation. Or is it? This pap...
- Changing livelihoods in the Somali Region of Ethiopia
- S. Devereux / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
- This report examines the causes and consequences of livelihood vulnerability in Somali Region, Ethiopia. Examining household’s coping mechanisms the author finds that rationing of food consumption is an immediate response ...
- How does conflict shape adaptation and contribute to vulnerability in the face of climate stress?
- S. Eriksen; B. Owuor; E. Nyukuri; V. Orindi / Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2005
- This report discusses the proceedings of two related workshops, which presented the findings of the project “Adaptation as a livelihood struggle: conflict and vulnerability among dryland populations in Kenya”. This research ...
- Agricultural support in times of conflict
- C. Longley; I. Christoplos; T. Slaymaker / Overseas Development Institute, 2006
- This paper addresses the question of how to support the livelihoods of rural people who have been affected by conflict. Specifically, it focuses on how international actors might move beyond conventional seeds and tools interventions ...
- Identifying factors which enable South Asian communities to adapt to floods, droughts and climatic variability
- M. Moench; A. Dixit / Institute For Social And Environmental Transition, 2004
- This ‘Adaptive Strategies Project’ is the result of collaboration between local organisations, regional NGOs, international organisations and academic institutions; it attempts to understand and define factors enabling commu...
- Investigating methodologies for vulnerability assessments and their links with the sustainable livelihoods approach
- T. Cannon; J. Twigg; J. Rowell / Benfield Hazard Research Centre, 2004
- In 1997 the UK Department for International Development (DFID) adopted the priorities of the White Paper on International Development recognising the significance of socio-economic factors in making individuals vulnerable to disaster....
- Assessing reconstruction since the Tsunami: towards long-term poverty alleviation
- Oxfam, 2005
- In light of the fact that it is a year since the devastating Tsunami that hit communities in coastal areas of the Indian Ocean, this report is intended both as a reminder of the disaster and those who died, but also as an indication o...
- Food security survey after resettlement, Angola
- United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2005
- The central highlands of Angola is home to most of the formerly displaced/recently returned populations of the recently abated civil war, and is also one of the most vulnerable and food insecure areas in the country. The World Food Pr...
- Assessing the South Asia earthquake response
- Oxfam, 2005
- This Oxfam briefing note discusses the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan and Kashmir. The authors assess humanitarian responses in the six weeks since the disaster and argue that these have been inadequate and lacking in organisation. ...
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