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"This noteworthy issue of southasiadisasters. net on Safety Audit: Towards Making Schools Safer is an admirable example of practical review, evaluation and guidance that results from the...
Recent scholarship has highlighted the role of political and socioeconomic group inequalities, or horizontal inequalities, in provoking violent conflict. However, in most plural societies,...
This document provides an analysis of the Indian response to the 2004 tsunami, from the human rights perspective. The Guiding Principles outlined in the document also call on authorities to...
This issue of Humanitarian Exchange focuses on the response to the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, noting not only the mistakes made but also encouraging action on the lessons learned.
This document by USAID is a two page article about the role of hosting support related to humanitarian shelter needs. Humanitarian community actors have increasingly recognized in recent years the...
Shifting operational gearsto address the heightened and diversified movementcomplexities in Maguindanao, North Cotabato and SultanKudarat, IOM's multi-sectoral emergency response...
This paper outlines some important points on the economic impacts and the wider implications for aid and aid architecture caused by the Asian Tsunami
Much effort has focused on strengthening decentralised institutions, such as local government, to support local development. However, frequently the links between decentralised institutions and...
This edition of Humanitarian Exchange features articles on the topic of disaster risk reduction for humanitarian practitioners. Disaster risk reduction is the broad development and application of...
This publication provides frameworks around how to conceptualise risk. It also highlights tools and general best practice for undertaking risk assessment and disaster risk reduction.