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    The HAP 2007 standard in humanitarian accountability and quality management

    Humanitarian Accountability Partnership, 2007
    Humanitarian agencies exercise significant financial, technical and logistical power in their mission to save lives and reduce suffering. In contrast, disaster survivors have no formal control and often little influence over emergency relief agencies, making it difficult for the people affected by disasters to hold these aid agencies to account.
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    The livelihood assessment tool-kit: analysing and responding to the impact of disasters on the livelihoods of people

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008
    The increase in natural disasters around the world warrants attention to protecting and rebuilding the livelihoods of vulnerable populations. This toolkit aims to assess the impact of disasters on the livelihoods of people and the capacity and opportunities for recovery and increased resilience to future events.
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    Gender equality toolbox

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Danida, Denmark, 2008
    This guide aims to provide useful context on gender equality as a priority of Danish development assistance. It offers strategic directions and presents good examples of how gender programming can achieve results on the ground. Divided into six sections, it provides a quick introduction to gender mainstreaming, an overview of lessons learnt, challenges and opportunities.
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    Stay safe: the International Federation’s guide to a safer mission

    Reliefweb, 2007
    Humanitarian workers are no longer exempt from attack in conflict situations. Rather it would seem that insurgents – in the brutal theatres of warfare in Iraq, Somalia, Darfur and Afghanistan – have targeted aid and development staff as part of wider campaigns of intimidation and destabilisation.
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    ICT for disaster management

    Asia-Pacifiic Development Information Program, 2007
    The first important steps towards reducing disaster impact are to correctly analyse the potential risk and identify measures that can prevent, mitigate or prepare for emergencies. ICT can play a significant role in highlighting risk areas, vulnerabilities and potentially affected populations. This primer outlines the importance of ICT in managing disasters.
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    Handbook for emergencies

    United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2007
    This third edition of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) ‘Handbook for Emergencies’ provides UNHCR’s non-governmental partners with detailed information on how to respond to emergency situations. The revised handbook includes a number of important updates including:
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    Natural disaster preparedness and education for sustainable development

    Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, 2007
    Education is now recognised as playing an important role in allowing individuals and communities to prepare for disaster. It forms a key element of the Hyogo Framework for Action and is also being addressed through UNESCO’s Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD).
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    Total disaster risk management handbook

    Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, 2005
    This handbook's central theme is the development and application of a system for managing any hazards which appear to threaten a continually habitable and secure society. Directly relating to Thailand, the suggestions presented are applicable to any region or nation at risk of natural or man-made disasters.
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    Impact measurement and accountability in emergencies: the good enough guide

    Oxfam, 2007
    This document acts as a guide which presents some tried and tested methods for putting impact measurement and accountability into practice throughout the life of a project. It is aimed at humanitarian practitioners, project officers and managers in the field.
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    Tsunami Teacher: resource kit

    International Oceanographic Commission, 2006
    After the South Asian tsunami in 2004, a wealth of information on effective Tsunami responses was produced. This kit provides a consolidated resource of new and existing tsunami warning, response, and mitigation information from across the globe.

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