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    Managing people in emergencies

    People in Aid, 2006
    The impact and effectiveness of relief and development operations depend on the quality of staff and volunteers and the support an agency gives them. This guide for humanitarian programme managers aims to help to create, manage and develop teams while working during emergency situations.
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    Alternative sampling designs for emergency settings: A guide for survey planning, data collection and analysis

    Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2009
    This guide is tailored for programme managers, monitoring and evaluation specialists and survey leaders working with government agencies and humanitarian organizations. It provides them with instructions how to carry out rapid yet statistically reliable population-based surveys in difficult settings where data on the prevalence of acute malnutrition is needed.
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    The IASC gender handbook for humanitarian action: women, girls, boys and men - different needs and equal opportunities

    United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 2006
    In the rush to provide humanitarian response when a disaster hits or a conflict erupts, paying specific attention to gender issues may seem irrelevant.
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    The Red Cross and Red Crescent climate guide

    Red Cross/ Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness, 2007
    The Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Guide puts forward experiences of more than forty National Societies who in the last five years have started to address climate change in their work. The guide aims to provide guidance and step-by-step approaches on how to address climate risks.
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    Real-time evaluations of humanitarian action

    Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action, 2009
    Real-time evaluations (RTE) is one of the most demanding types of evaluation practice. It requires wide range of skills from evaluators but also a tightly focused professional approach in order to meet the demands of an RTE.
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    Resource manual on flash flood risk management module 2: non-structural measures

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2008
    Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. They tend to carry with them much higher amounts of debris which can cause damage to hydropower stations, roads, bridges, buildings and other infrastructure.
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    Resource manual on flash flood risk management module 1: community-based management

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2008
    Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. Vulnerable groups, including people with disabilities, the poor, women and children, are the worst hit. This manual aims to help communities build their capacity to manage flash floods and other disaster risks themselves.
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    Decentralised disaster risk management training

    Duryog Nivaran: South Asia Network for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2009
    The concept of decentralised disaster risk management (DDRM) derives its insights from community-based disaster management (CBDM) in South Asia. As well as community ownership and leadership in risk reduction activities, the DDRM approach emphasizes the need for local level governance institutions to also be actively engaged in risk reduction.
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    IASC guidelines on mental health and psychological support in emergency settings

    Inter-Agency Standing Committee, 2007
    Armed conflicts and natural disasters cause significant psychological and social suffering to affected populations.
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    Building livelihoods: a field manual for practitioners in humanitarian settings

    Women's Refugee Commission, 2009
    Although necessary, emergency relief can only fulfil a limited role. For those that are forced to rely on humanitarian assistance for long periods aid must be provided for displaced persons to garner skills, training and economic opportunities in order to establish sustainable livelihoods.

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