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  Cash transfers for Disaster Risk Reduction in Niger: a feasibility study

  Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2008

  This paper asks whether cash transfer programmes would be appropriate, cost-effective and feasible and whether, as part of a Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategy, they could have positive impacts on people’s livelihoods that would reduce their risk to future disasters. It is based on the results of research conducted in Niger in 2008.
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  Crisis in Kenya: land, displacement and the search for 'durable solutions'

  Overseas Development Institute, 2008

  This policy brief explores the importance of land issues in forced displacement in Kenya, drawing out their implications for current humanitarian and early recovery interventions in the wake of the violence and displacement that followed the 2007 elections. Key messages nclude:
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  Field manual: supporting microfinance through grants in post-crisis settings

  Microfinance Gateway, CGAP, 2007

  This field manual offers guidance to small grant program managers on supporting microfinance institutions (MFIs) in countries recovering from conflict or natural disaster through small, short-term grants.
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  Disaster preparedness for climate change in Nicaragua

  International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2008

  This two-page briefing describes a pilot initiative on climate change and disaster risk reduction supported by the Netherlands Red Cross in Nicaragua. The project aims at strengthening the Nicaraguan Red Cross’s capacity to carry out local-level activities related to risk reduction and to respond to extreme weather events.
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  Community level adaptation to climate change: the potential role of participatory community risk assessment

  Red Cross/ Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness, 2008

  Community Risk Assessment (CRA) refers to participatory methods to assess hazards, vulnerabilities and capacities in support of community-based disaster risk reduction, used by many NGOs, community-based organisations, and the Red Cross/Red Crescent.
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  Indicators of progress: guidance on measuring the reduction of disaster risks and the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action

  United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, 2008

  Focusing on measuring the reduction of disaster risks, this paper presents a guide designed to assist all states with guidance on the development of nationally relevant indicators for application in policy, programming, monitoring, evaluation and review processes.
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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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  Training material on evaluation of humanitarian action

  Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action, 2007

  As part of the effort to improve accountability in humanitarian action this facilitator’s guide aims to make evaluations of humanitarian assistance more effective and to improve the quality of evaluation processes.
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  Integrated risk management to protect drinking water and sanitation services facing natural disasters

  IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, 2008

  This guide provides updated information for professionals, agencies, and authorities in the health, drinking water and sanitation sectors on alternatives for strategic interventions to combat risks inherent in drinking water and sanitation services.
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  Long-term food security: investing in people and livelihoods: five-year strategic framework on food security for Africa 2008–2012

  Red Cross/ Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness, 2008

  Sub-Saharan Africa is not on track to achieve a single Millennium Development Goal, and is the only region in the world where malnutrition – an outcome of food insecurity – is not declining.

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