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    Cyclone Nargis: lessons for operational agencies

    Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action, 2008
    Restricted access to Myanmar and the areas affected by Cyclone Nargis has forced aid agencies to re- think their operational responses. This report aims to assist agencies by highlighting key lessons learned from other natural disasters, specifically floods, hurricanes and cyclones.
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    Targeting in emergencies

    United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2006
    Targeting is a process that spans the life of a food aid operation, not just the initial phases of identifying beneficiaries. Finding the right balance between inclusion and exclusion errors, opportunity costs and programme costs is a complex task.
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    The tsunami aid delivery system and humanitarian priciples

    Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2007
    This report analyses the delivery of tsunami aid in Sri Lanka through international non-governmental organisations and the interface between the international aid delivery system and Sri Lankan governance institutions, civil society organisations and communities.
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    Central Emergency Response Fund: interim review

    Reliefweb, 2007
    The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) was created in 2005 in order to ensure the rapid and coordinated response of United Nations (UN) agencies to emergencies. This evaluation explores how the CERF is contributing towards effectively promoting a more timely, predictable, equitable, effective and accountable humanitarian response, and how it could be improved.
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    Towards a European consensus on humanitarian aid

    EC, 2007
    Humanitarian aid is one of the European Union’s (EU) main external policies and collectively, the EU is the world’s largest humanitarian donor. This document sets out key principles and practices for EU member states engaged in humanitarian activities.
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    Helping the bottom billion: is there a third way in the development debate?

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2007
    This article reviews Paul Collier’s new book , The Bottom Billion: why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it.
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    Corruption perceptions and risks in humanitarian assistance: a Liberia case study

    Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2007
    This study sets out to examine the risks of corruption associated with the delivery of humanitarian assistance in Liberia and how such risks can be managed and minimised in the future. This report aims to promote the more effective delivery of much needed assistance. The paper discusses the following:
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    Cash-transfer programming in emergencies

    Oxfam, 2006
    This manual is intended to support the implementation of cash transfer programmes in emergencies. It is based on the experience of Oxfam GB over five years (2000–2005) in a variety of disaster contexts. It argues that cash transfers may offer the following advantages over food aid:
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    The use of cash in emergency and post-emergency non-food item programs: a case study from the Democratic Republic of Congo

    Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, 2007
    This paper explores the impacts of a pilot cash transfer programme in the Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The results of the pilot shed light on intra-household decision-making dynamics, the appropriateness of cash interventions, and the non-food items in demand by families in this post-conflict setting.
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    Follow the money: a review and analysis of the state of humanitarian funding

    Feinstein International Center, USA, 2007
    This briefing paper describes the present state of humanitarian funding, focusing on the global picture, key trends and recognised shortcomings. The brief includes discussion of new financing mechanisms, such as the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and Common Humanitarian Funds.Key findings include:

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