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  Aceh: then and now

  Minority Rights Group International, 2005

  With a particular focus on changes since the 2004 tsunami, this report explores the issue of external intervention in Indonesia, particularly in the province of Aceh.
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  Humanitarian issues in Niger

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  This Humanitarian Policy Group briefing note highlights some of the questions that will need to be answered in order to explain the slowness of the international response to the 2005 famine in Niger. It argues that this is not just a case of donors failing to provide resources quickly enough.
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  Dependency and humanitarian relief: a critical analysis

  Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2005

  This study explores what "dependency" means in a humanitarian context, how it is used and the implications this has for how relief is provided.
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  Emergency food security assessment handbook

  United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2005

  This handbook is intended for use in any emergency situation or protracted humanitarian crisis and aims to address the needs of both resident and internally displaced persons.
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  Targeting poor people: rebuilding lives after the tsunami

  Oxfam, 2005

  This brief takes stock of the relief and reconstruction efforts following the December 2004 Tsunami.
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  Children’s feedback committees in Zimbabwe: an experiment in humanitarian accountability

  Save the Children Fund, 2005

  This publication chronicles the attempt by Save the Children (UK) to set up an accountability project, related to the agency’s food aid intervention in Zimbabwe, that would address some of the issues of aid worker accountability.
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  Methodologies for assessing natural hazard risks and the net benefits of mitigation

  ProVention Consortium, 2005

  This study aims to facilitate the development of tools to analyse and measure the costs of disaster mitigation and related guidelines by exploring how cost-benefit analysis, environmental impact assessment and related methodologies as well as evaluation tools can be expanded to consider risks emanating from natural hazards and to measure related costs and benefits in reducing risk.This report p
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  Tsunami victims’ perceptions of the proposed buffer zone and its implications in eastern Sri Lanka

  South Asia Citizens Web, 2005

  This paper examines local perceptions of the proposed 200 meter buffer zone along Sri Lanka's coast, following the devastation of the Indian Ocean tsunami. The government’s decision was taken under a state of Emergency and without any consultation with the victims, their representatives, or professionals in this area.
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  Recovery from the tsunami disaster: poverty reduction and sustainable development through microfinance

  Grameen Foundation USA, 2005

  This paper reports the findings of a team of specialists from the Grameen Foundation USA, deployed in the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami to assess conditions facing the poor and the effects of the disaster on the provision of microfinance.
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  Communicable disease control in emergencies: a field manual

  World Health Organization, 2005

  This field manual, produced by the World Health Organization (WHO), provides instructions on how to investigate, prevent and manage communicable diseases in populations affected by emergencies and disasters.

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