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    Rethinking disasters: why death and destruction is not nature's fault but human failure

    Oxfam, 2008
    This report assesses the impact of human failure on natural disasters. It seeks to inform decision-makers on how to reduce people's vulnerability to natural disasters in South Asia.
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    Asian models for aid: is there a non-western approach to development assistance?

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2007
    Increasingly, Asia's emerging market economies are entering the landscape of international aid, joining Japan as major international donors. But how different are Asian countries' aid policies to those of Western countries, and what challenges and opportunities do they represent for the global development community?
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    Tsunami exposes flaws in the international humanitarian response system

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    The scale of the humanitarian response to the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was unprecedented. For once, an international emergency response was largely free of financial constraints. But in the rush to achieve results many of the agencies involved fell short, particularly in considering the needs and abilities of affected communities and local institutions.
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    Learning from the poor: findings from participatory poverty assessments in India

    Asian Development Bank, 2007
    Since the late 1990s, policy makers, donors, NGOs and researchers have become increasingly interested in participatory poverty assessments (PPAs) and participatory evaluation of development initiatives for the poor. This synthesis report highlights common threads that emerged from a series of participatory poverty assessments conducted by the ADB in seven Indian states.
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    Marginalised migrant workers and social protection

    Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2007
    This paper reports on a two-day workshop on marginalised migrant workers and social protection issues held in Dhaka, Bangladesh in October 2006. The workshop was organised by the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit in Bangladesh and its partner, the Development Research Centre (DRC) on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, based at the University of Sussex, Brighton.
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    Making government budgets more accessible and equitable

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Involvement in the budget process in poor countries has traditionally been limited to a select group of political actors. But this has changed over the last decade with legislators, civil society groups and the media playing a more active role. What impact is broader engagement having?
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    Dealing with drought: livelihood options for drought risk reduction

    Duryog Nivaran: South Asia Network for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2006
    Recent development in South Asia has led to a rapid increase in exploitation of rivers and groundwater, causing considerable stress on these water sources.
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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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    India rising: faster growth, lower indebtedness

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007
    This paper examines the links between the public finances and growth in the post-1991 period in India. It particularly focuses on addressing how over the past 25 years, India’s economy has grown at an average real rate of close to 6 percent, and recently accelerating to 9 percent.
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    Earthquake relief and recovery: processes and principles

    Duryog Nivaran: South Asia Network for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2006
    This technical brief provides an overview of the situation in earthquake-affected areas of Pakistan. It describes the early relief efforts and the gaps in assistance.

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