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  Tsunami response: a human rights assessment

  ActionAid International, 2006

  This report from ActionAid outlines how one year after the Tsunami, despite the tremendous efforts of local, national and international agencies, the rehabilitation and reconstruction process is fraught with difficulties.
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  Responses to young children in post-emergency situations

  Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2005

  This edition of Early Childhood Matters brings together a compilation of experiences from organisations working in the field and their responses to emergencies, in particular focusing on the tsunami.
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  Independent evaluation of the DEC tsunami crisis response

  Disasters Emergency Committee, 2005

  This report focuses on issues for the DEC after the 2004 Tsunami. It is based on visits by the evaluation team to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Somalia and desk studies of the response in Maldives, Myanmar and ThailandAs a general conclusion the report finds that DEC members have scaled up rapidly and played a major role in relief and recovery.
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  Humanitarian exchange: the tsunami response

  Humanitarian Practice Network, ODI, 2005

  This on-line issue of the Humanitarian Exchange journal focuses on the emergency response to the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004.Within the humanitarian community, there are diverse views about whether all that money has been wisely spent.
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  World Disasters Report 2005

  International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2005

  The World Disasters Report 2005 focuses on information in disasters and considers the quality of the communication that takes place between those involved in disasters and what impact this information has on the people caught up in a crisis.The report highlights ways in which accurate, timely information can save lives and reduce suffering during disasters.
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  Global humanitarian assistance update 2004 -05

  Global Humanitarian Assistance, 2005

  This update contains 34 charts which aim to provide the latest information and statistics on trends in humanitarian assistance. The document considers where money is being spent, by whom and on what.The update is divided into chapters focusing on different areas of humanitarian assistance.
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  Trade interests of the tsunami affected countries

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2005

  In the context of suggestions that trade could be a more useful instrument to assist the recovery of affected countries than aid transfers alone, this paper examines the economies of the affected countries and identifies their overall trade interests and market access concerns.
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  Implementing minimum standards for education in emergencies: lessons from Aceh

  Humanitarian Practice Network, ODI, 2005

  In December 2004, the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) launched a handbook entitled Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, Chronic Crises and Early Reconstruction.
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  Tsunami relief: one year on

  Eldis Aid and Debt Resource Guide, 2006

  We present various documents that reflect on the year of relief and reconstruction efforts in Asia since the devastating Tsunami of December 2004. These include reports from the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, DFID and Oxfam.
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  Challenges of post-disaster development of coastal areas in Sri Lanka

  South Asia Citizens Web, 2005

  This document considers the question of post-disaster development in Sri Lanka and the issues it raises in relation to conflict, peace building and well being. The author argues that there is convincing evidence of social resilience and individual and collective initiative and creativity in the face of adversity.

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