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Searching with a thematic focus on Aid and debt, Humanitarian and emergency assistance in Pakistan

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  Hearing their voices: the women and children in the earthquake affected areas of Pakistan

  Duryog Nivaran: South Asia Network for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2006

  This report provides an insight, through interviews and observations, into the issues faced by women and children affected by the earthquake in Pakistan.
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  Corporate contributions in three recent natural disasters: a comparative analysis of the tsunami, Katrina and the earthquake in Pakistan

  Eldis Document Store, 2005

  This report looks at the corporate response in three natural disasters: the Indian Ocean Tsunami, hurricane Katrina, and the 8/10 Earthquake in Pakistan. 23 transnational companies (TNCs) were selected for analysis. About seventy percent of these companies are American, while the rest are European.
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  A mountain to climb: what needs to be done to prevent further deaths following the Pakistan earthquake and to enable survivors to rebuild their lives and livelihoods

  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.The document highlights how the relief operation is now achieving real results, however resources and funding need to be urgently and substantially increased.
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  Covering crisis: the return of compassion fatigue

  Eldis News Weblog, 2005

  This commentary from an Eldis Editor looks at "compassion fatigue" within the aid industry following a year of intense disaster coverage in the media.Kemal Dervis, the head of the UN Development Programme referred to compassion fatigue as one of the reasons for a drop in emergency assistance in the South Asian earthquake.
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  Pakistan 2005 Earthquake: preliminary damage and needs assessment

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 2005

  This assessment estimates the damage and reconstruction costs of the October 8, 2005 earthquake that struck areas of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) in Pakistan.
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  Subsidized sales of insecticide-treated nets in Afghan refugee camps demonstrate the feasibility of a transition from humanitarian aid towards sustainability

  Malaria Journal, BioMed Central, 2004

  This article, published in Malaria Journal, reports on a survey of Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan, where subsidised sales of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) were introduced in place of indoor residual spraying, for the prevention of malaria and anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL).
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  Alone on the dance floor: UNHCR and the return of Afghan refugees

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Were donors, refugee agencies, the media and the Karzai government wrong to encourage Afghan refugees to rush home to a devastated country in the grip of drought and political instability?
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  Natural disasters: the business of Asian business?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Should the private sector in developing countries get involved in natural disaster reduction? How could businesses be encouraged to move beyond providing support to relief efforts by taking up disaster preparedness instead? How transferable is northern experience of inter-sectoral partnerships and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in disaster reduction?
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  The consequences of refugee flows and managing the aftermath

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Is the impact of refugees always negative? Are governments that accept refugees justified in depicting them as a burden? Or are refugees potential agents of development? Could support of livelihood activities enable refugees to lessen their dependence on aid and reduce tension with their hosts? Could locals benefit from refugee camp infrastructure when refugees go home?
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  Unsafe haven? The risk of malaria in refugee camps

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  The number of refugees fleeing conflict to seek shelter in neighbouring countries peaked at 18.2 million in 1993. A further 24 million were estimated to be internally displaced. The risk of malaria is often high among refugees in tropical countries. What strategies should be used to protect them?

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