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Building better responses to displacement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by helping host families. This study, based on recent interviews and field research in eastern DRC, provides new...
The guidelines in this book offer a common planning tool for developing and implementing settlement and shelter strategies for people affected by conflict or natural disaster.
This catalogue has been produced by the Oxfam GB Humanitarian Department and is primarily intended for use by Oxfam's programme/project managers, technical, logistics and administrative...
This study details findings from testing two prototype relief shelters for thermal and condensation properties. One prototype used materials developed in conjunction with Oxfam GB and the other...
An inter-agency assessment of issues in brick supply & demand'This report summarizes the results of the survey of the impact of the earthquake on West Sumatra on the supply and demand of...
This report explores the effects of cash transfers on local markets. It tests the hypothesis that ˜cash transfers to poor households lead to integration of markets in remote areas and strengthen...
This study, based on recent interviews and field research in eastern DRC, provides new evidence to support a far higher priority to be given for assistance to hosted IDPs and their host families....
In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of humanitarian responses where cash has been used to help facilitate shelter & housing reconstruction. To encourage a broader...
The Emergency Capacity Building (ECB) pilot projects showcase the activities of three countries (Ethiopia, Guatemala and Indonesia) to identify models and promising practices for disaster risk...
In recent years, international humanitarian agencies have been adapting theirresponses to emergencies. Many have begun using cash-based initiatives, alongsideor in place of conventional relief...