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31 Jul 2006

Indonesia + 11 others
South Asia: Funding the tsunami response - A synthesis of findings

Report
— Tsunami Evaluation Coalition
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By Michael Flint and Hugh Goyder
Executive summary

This is a synthesis evaluation covering the international community's funding of the relief response to the tsunami of December 2004.(1) It is one of five similar thematic evaluations commissioned by the Tsunami Evaluation Coalition (TEC) which was set up to promote a sector-wide approach to the evaluation of the tsunami response and to maximise learning.

This synthesis is based on 30 evaluation reports covering bilateral donors, UN agencies, the Red Cross/Red Crescent

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14 Jul 2006

Yemen + 12 others
South Asia: Joint evaluation of the international response to the Indian Ocean tsunami - Synthesis Report

Report
— Tsunami Evaluation Coalition
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By John Telford and John Cosgrave
Contributing author: Rachel Houghton
Executive summary

1 The report

This report synthesises the five Tsunami Evaluation Coalition (TEC) thematic evaluation reports, their sub-studies and other materials relating to the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunamis of 26 December 2004. These five studies are published alongside this Synthesis Report as a set,(1) and their titles are:

- Coordination of the international response to tsunami-affected countries

- The role of needs assessment in the tsunami response

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22 Apr 2005

India + 6 others
South Asia: Update on the World Bank response to the tsunami disaster

Report
— World Bank
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I. INTRODUCTION
1. This paper provides an update on the briefing to Executive Directors on February 1, 2005 on the role of the World Bank in providing assistance to countries affected by the December 26, 2004 earthquake and tsunami.(1) Management subsequently sent to the Board for approval operations responding to the disaster in India,(2) Indonesia,(3) Maldives,(4) and Sri Lanka,(5) as well as a proposal to use IBRD surplus to support tsunami disaster recovery in India and Indonesia,(6) and in those contexts provided information to
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04 Feb 2005

Indonesia + 6 others
South Asia: Preliminary assessment of the macroeconomic impact of the tsunami disaster on affected countries, and of associated financing needs prepared by the IMF in cooperation with the World Bank

Report
— International Monetary Fund
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I. Introduction
The magnitude 9.0 earthquake and associated tidal waves that hit Indian Ocean countries on December 26, 2004 entail a natural disaster of tragic proportions. The estimated number of dead and missing is nearing 300,000, and roughly 1½ million people have been displaced. The human cost of this disaster is clearly beyond measurement.

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12 Jan 2005

India + 8 others
Asia: Earthquake and Tsunamis - Appeal No. 28/2004 Operations Update No. 16 - Programme Extension and Budget Revision

Report
— IFRC
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Revised Preliminary Appeal No. 28/2004; Operations Update no. 16; Period covered: 26 December 2004 - 12 January 2005; Appeal coverage: 67.5% The budget for the Revised Preliminary Appeal has been revised from CHF 67,005,000 to CHF 183,486,000 (USD 155,286,000 or EUR 118,669,000), for six months from 26 December 2004 to 30 June 2005.

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07 Jan 2005

India + 8 others
Assessment of the tsunami damages to fisheries and aquaculture in affected countries in Asia and Africa and immediate and long-term FAO plans for rehabilitation measures

Report
— Food and Agriculture Organization
1. Assessment of damages

More than 150 million fishers, fish farmers and their family members in Asia depend on fishing and aquaculture for their livelihoods. Many of these fishing and fish farming households have been severely affected by the recent tsunami and lost lives, houses and production assets. Also, African countries located on the Indian Ocean have been seriously affected. Based on the presently available information which is being updated on a continuing basis, and in the absence of any systematic impact assessment, the known damages can be summarized as follows,

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