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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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    Post-tsunami North and East Sri Lanka swindlers hold sway

    Point Pedro Institute of Development, Sri Lanka, 2005
    The Tsunami that struck several Asian countries in December 2004 has left in its wake untold misery among the coastal population of Sri Lanka. Compounding the situation is the impact of the aid operation that is supposedly aimed at helping the coastal population of Sri Lanka to re-settle and rebuild.
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    Humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Afghanistan, 2001-05: from Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2005
    This report, initiated by The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Danida), the Development Cooperation Ireland (DCI), the Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), presents the findings of an Evaluation of their assistance to Afghanistan over 2001-early 2005.Main recomme
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    Women's participation in disaster relief and recovery

    Population Council, USA, 2005
    This article explores the gender-differentiated effects of natural disasters. It aims to fill a gap in understanding issues such as women's losses relative to men's, how women's work time and conditions change, both in terms of care-giving and income-generating work, or how disaster-related aid and entitlement programmes include or marginalise affected women.
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    ALNAP's review of humanitarian action in 2004

    Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action, 2005
    This report provides an analysis and understanding of current trends in humanitarian action, as a means of supporting improvement in sector-wide performance.
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    Humanitarian engagement with non-state armed actors: the parameters of negotiated access

    Humanitarian Practice Network, ODI, 2005
    This document examines the parameters of responsible humanitarian engagement with armed non-state actors (ANSAs). The author argues that all engagement should maintain minimal operational preconditions, such as security for aid workers, and respect for international humanitarian law.
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    Humanitarian response review

    Reliefweb, 2005
    This report considers and assesses humanitarian response capacities of the UN, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement.
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    Diamonds, foreign aid, and the uncertain prospects for post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone

    World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2005
    This article examines the external and internal dimensions and resources of post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone. Foreign aid represents the bulk of the external sources of support, though its imminent reduction is a significant concern.
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    Does food aid really have disincentive effects?: new evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

    Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, 2005
    This paper relies heavily on statistical analysis to refute the commonly-held view that food aid leads to dependency and thus acts as a disincentive to food production.

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