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  Agricultural rehabilitation: mapping the linkages between humanitarian relief, social protection and development

  Overseas Development Institute, 2006

  This paper addresses the question of how to support the livelihoods of rural people who have been affected by conflict.
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  The Palestinian war-torn economy: aid, development and state formation

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2006

  This study considers the background to the Palestinian Authority (PA), institution building and reform and development policy. The authors recommend that the PA complement short-term emergency responses with long-term planning and policies that focus on poverty reduction and employment growth.
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  Hazards of nature, risks to development: an IEG evaluation of World Bank assistance for natural disasters

  World Bank, 2006

  This report assesses World Bank assistance for natural disasters, reviewing disaster preparedness and response. The report calls for new thinking that integrates predictable disaster risks into development programmes.
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  Natural disaster and disaster risk reduction measures

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This report presents a high-level, desk-based assessment of the economic costs of disasters, and of the costs and benefits of various approaches to managing the risks of natural disasters, normally known as Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).
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  Reducing the risk of disasters: helping to achieve sustainable poverty reduction in a vulnerable world

  Department for International Development, UK, 2006

  This paper summarises the British Department for International Development's (DFID's) policy on disaster risk reduction as it applies to natural and technological disasters. It sets out the key elements of disaster risk reduction and why it is important. The paper’s aim is to provide guidance to DFID staff.
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  Accountability overdue: learning from participatory engagement with the Tsunami affected

  Praxis Institute for Participatory Practices, India, 2005

  A synthesis of insights gained through Praxis's intensive community engagement in the tsunami affected villages of India, this report underscores the need for a thorough reorienting of the framework of accountability associated with emergency relief.
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  Monitoring trends 2004–2005: resetting the rules of engagement

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  This report reviews recent trends in military engagement in humanitarian crises.
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  Economic impact of natural disasters on development in the Pacific

  Australian Agency for International Development, 2006

  This report responds to a lack in practical materials for measuring the impacts of natural disasters.
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  Afghanistan: findings on education, environment, gender,health, livelihood and water and sanitation

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2005

  This paper presents findings from the 2005 Multidonor Evaluation of the emergency and reconstruction aid that had been provided to Afghanistan between 2001 to early 2005, on behalf of Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
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  Asia Tsunami response: rebuilding homes, communities, and lives

  World Vision, 2006

  This report documents how World Vision is working to rebuild communities across five Tsunami affected countries in a community-driven, long-term recovery program.The document considers reconstruction efforts in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia and details the efforts made to construct new homes, provide for children and revive livelihoods in the areas.The report recognises t

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