Conflict and disasters
- A toolkit exploring the connections between livelihoods and conflict
- US Agency for International Development, 2005
- This "toolkit" explains the connections between livelihood and conflict and aims to provide USAID missions with access to concrete, practical program options, lessons learned, and information about potential partners, mechanisms and m...
- Addressing natural resource-based conflicts in East African pastoral communities
- E. K. Omosa / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2005
- This report describes and analyses relationships between natural resource-based conflicts and pastoral livelihoods in Wajir District, Kenya in order to examine the extent to which livelihood opportunities are lost to people when they ...
- Risks and responses to conflict in pastoral communities
- M. Nori; J. Switzer; A. Crawford / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2005
- Examining the linkages between pastoralism and conflict using a sustainable livelihoods-based conflict analysis, this paper looks at the challenges posed by conflict in pastoral regions. In particular it focuses on the challenges to d...
- A post-tsunami livelihoods needs assessment of Hambantota district in southern Sri Lanka
- P. Weligamage; M. Anputhas; R. Ariyaratne / International Water Management Institute, 2005
- Hambantota, a southern coastal district of Sri Lanka, was affected by the tsunami on 26th December 2004. The district records the third highest poverty incidence and is the poorest coastal district in the country. The livelihoods of t...
- Effects of conflict on livelihoods of Darfur and recommendations for protection, support and rehabilitation
- H. Young; A.M. Osman; Y. Aklilu; R. Dale; B. Badri / Feinstein International Center, USA, 2005
- This draft report presents findings of a study to investigate the effects of the current conflict and humanitarian crisis on the livelihoods of selected communities in Darfur, in order to refine strategic humanitarian interventions. ...
- When does it make sense to give people cash or vouchers in emergencies, rather than in-kind assistance?
- P. Harvey / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2005
- This discussion paper examines the use of cash and vouchers to provide people with assistance in emergency situations. The literature reviewed by the paper highlights that cash and voucher approaches remain largely under-utilised in t...
- Coping with conflict: livelihoods and development in Nepal
- David Seddon; Karim Hussein / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- Worsening conflict in Nepal is having a detrimental effect on the lives of the rural poor. As instability undermines existing policies aimed at improving rural livelihoods, development agencies have been slow to respond to the realiti...
- The process of creating and managing livelihoods under stress in India
- C. Lloyd / Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2002
- This report details the process of creating and managing livelihoods under stress in India, through three case studies. The studies look at disaster management in the Indian state of Gujarat after the earthquake of January 2001, livelihood ...
- Issues surrounding climate change and livelihoods
- Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2003
- This paper discusses a variety of issues surrounding livelihoods and climate change. Highlights of the paper include: while climate change is not the only threat to natural resources and livelihoods, climate-ind...
- Under the spotlight: the role of HIV/AIDS in crises and the consequences for humanitarian action
- P. Harvey / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2004
- Whether you label HIV/AIDS as an emergency or as a long-term crisis, it clearly requires both a humanitarian response to suffering and a long-term perspective. This research report, produced by the Humanitarian Policy Group at the Ove...
- A toolkit exploring the connections between livelihoods and conflict
- US Agency for International Development, 2005
- This "toolkit" explains the connections between livelihood and conflict and aims to provide USAID missions with access to concrete, practical program options, lessons learned, and information about potential partners, mechanisms and m...
- Addressing natural resource-based conflicts in East African pastoral communities
- E. K. Omosa / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2005
- This report describes and analyses relationships between natural resource-based conflicts and pastoral livelihoods in Wajir District, Kenya in order to examine the extent to which livelihood opportunities are lost to people when they ...
- Risks and responses to conflict in pastoral communities
- M. Nori; J. Switzer; A. Crawford / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2005
- Examining the linkages between pastoralism and conflict using a sustainable livelihoods-based conflict analysis, this paper looks at the challenges posed by conflict in pastoral regions. In particular it focuses on the challenges to d...
- A post-tsunami livelihoods needs assessment of Hambantota district in southern Sri Lanka
- P. Weligamage; M. Anputhas; R. Ariyaratne / International Water Management Institute, 2005
- Hambantota, a southern coastal district of Sri Lanka, was affected by the tsunami on 26th December 2004. The district records the third highest poverty incidence and is the poorest coastal district in the country. The livelihoods of t...
- Effects of conflict on livelihoods of Darfur and recommendations for protection, support and rehabilitation
- H. Young; A.M. Osman; Y. Aklilu; R. Dale; B. Badri / Feinstein International Center, USA, 2005
- This draft report presents findings of a study to investigate the effects of the current conflict and humanitarian crisis on the livelihoods of selected communities in Darfur, in order to refine strategic humanitarian interventions. ...
- When does it make sense to give people cash or vouchers in emergencies, rather than in-kind assistance?
- P. Harvey / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2005
- This discussion paper examines the use of cash and vouchers to provide people with assistance in emergency situations. The literature reviewed by the paper highlights that cash and voucher approaches remain largely under-utilised in t...
- Coping with conflict: livelihoods and development in Nepal
- David Seddon; Karim Hussein / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- Worsening conflict in Nepal is having a detrimental effect on the lives of the rural poor. As instability undermines existing policies aimed at improving rural livelihoods, development agencies have been slow to respond to the realiti...
- The process of creating and managing livelihoods under stress in India
- C. Lloyd / Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2002
- This report details the process of creating and managing livelihoods under stress in India, through three case studies. The studies look at disaster management in the Indian state of Gujarat after the earthquake of January 2001, livelihood ...
- Issues surrounding climate change and livelihoods
- Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2003
- This paper discusses a variety of issues surrounding livelihoods and climate change. Highlights of the paper include: while climate change is not the only threat to natural resources and livelihoods, climate-ind...
- Under the spotlight: the role of HIV/AIDS in crises and the consequences for humanitarian action
- P. Harvey / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2004
- Whether you label HIV/AIDS as an emergency or as a long-term crisis, it clearly requires both a humanitarian response to suffering and a long-term perspective. This research report, produced by the Humanitarian Policy Group at the Ove...
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