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    A ripple in development?: long term perspectives on the response to the Indian Ocean tsunami 2004

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2009
    This evaluation explores how to turn the ripple of the global response to 2004 tsunami into a developmental wave greater than that of the tsunami. The evaluation covers five sets of issues: the roles of the states and civil society, livelihoods and poverty, social relations, disaster risk mitigation, and capacity building. Some notable findings of the evaluation are:
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    Exit strategy: leaving responsibly practical guidance document

    Eldis Document Store, 2008
    When it comes to humanitarian and relief agencies leaving an area in which they have been working, it is important to ensure this is done responsibly and to link relief and reconstruction to development.
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    Exit strategy: an introduction to sustainable exit

    Eldis Document Store, 2007
    Whether scaling down operations or phasing these out completely, international agencies engaged in relief and recovery programmes should ensure that their exit strategies are sustainable.
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    Exit strategy: closure planning guidance document

    Eldis Document Store, 2007
    Closing emergency relief and recover missions should be considered as a project in itself and is best planned when there is a certainty and clear schedules for closing a programme. This document, originally conceived for the British Red Cross Recovery Programme in the Maldives, can also be used as a practical guidance tool for others about to embark on a similar process.
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    Natural hazards and disasters: drawing on the international experiences from disaster reduction in developing countries

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2006
    Natural hazards turning into disasters have increased dramatically, both in terms of frequency, complexity, scope and destructive capacity. This report provides comprehensive background information about natural hazards, why hazards can turn into disasters, and the impacts they have.
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    Non-discrimination in emergencies: training manual and toolkit

    Save the Children Fund, 2008
    Agencies who respond to emergencies are also in danger of maintaining or even worsening the entrenched exclusion and prejudice experienced by many people before an emergency. Children, as an already powerless group, may be particularly at risk of discrimination in an emergency.
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    Gender sensitive disaster management: a toolkit for practitioners

    Earthworm Books, 2008
    The risks and vulnerabilities that people face from natural disasters are as much a product of their social situation as their physical environment. Vulnerabilities and capacities of individuals and social groups evolve over time and determine people’s abilities to cope with disaster and recover from it.
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    Tsunami Warning Center Reference Guide

    US Agency for International Development, 2007
    In the aftermath of the Great Sumatra Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004, countries of the Indian Ocean basin formed an Intergovernmental Coordination Group (ICG) for the development of an Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System (IOTWS). An effective end-to-end tsunami early warning system could have saved thousands of lives that were lost in the devastating tsunami.
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    Corruption in emergencies: what role for media?

    U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2006
    This document brings together the deliberations of a meeting of donors, NGOs and journalists from Sri Lanka, Liberia and Nepal on the role of the media in tackling corruption in humanitarian aid programmes. It draws on various case studies and suggests ways in which humanitarian agencies and the media can mutually support responsible coverage of corruption in emergency aid.
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    The participation of children and young people in emergencies: a guide for relief agencies, based largely on experiences in the Asian tsunami response

    UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office, 2007
    This document captures examples of children’s involvement in the tsunami disaster response and recovery phases, as collected by UNICEF and a wide array of partners and UN agencies.

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