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  Social vulnerability and local adaptation in humanitarian response: The case of Pakistan

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2017

  This article looks at the experiences of two areas hit hard by the 2010 mega-floods in Pakistan, one in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one in Sindh.
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  Climate change and disasters: institutional complexities and actors’ priorities for mitigation, adaptation and response

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2017

   
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  Helping South Asia cope better with natural disasters: the role of social protection

  Development Policy Review, 2007

  This article reviews major cash transfers to households as a mean of social protection in a number of Asian countries. Looking at Turkey, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Pakistan in particular, the author indicates the role which the World Bank has played as a post-disaster donor in those countries, noticing the positive impact of this support on short-term food security and long-term recovery.
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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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  A clash of principles? Humanitarian action and the search for stability in Pakistan

  Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2009

  This paper analyses how humanitarian action can be effected in the midst of Pakistan’s military offensive against Taliban insurgents in the west of the country - which has generated a population exodus on a scale unmatched since the founding of the state in 1947.
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  The role of the affected state in humanitarian action: a case study on Pakistan

  Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2008

  This paper describes the role of the Pakistani state in humanitarian action. It looks at the structure and capacity of state institutions, in particular at the interesting balance of power between national and local state capacity on the one hand, and military and civilian authority on the other.
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  Building back better: post-earthquake responses and educational challenges in Pakistan

  International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2008

  A powerful earthquake struck the northern areas of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan on 8 October, 2005. The timing of the quake and the low quality of school construction were factors in its major impact on the education sector.
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  Humanitarian agenda 2015 - the state of the humanitarian enterprise

  Feinstein International Center, USA, 2008

  Is ‘humanitarianism’ at risk? The humanitarian community is operating in a ‘changing’ environment which is forcing it to question its own notions of inclusivity and grapple with the fundamental issue of impartiality.
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  The effectiveness of foreign military assets in natural disaster response

  Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, 2008

  This study examines the advantages, limitations and implications of involving foreign military assets (personnel, equipment and expertise) in the relief operations that follow major natural disasters. It also provides an overview of recent developments in the use of such assets in response to major natural disasters, based on primary and secondary data.

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