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Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery: Handbook on the Standby Recovery Financing Facility - A partnership for accelerated disaster recovery in high risk countries (March 2008)
A partnership for accelerated disaster recovery in high risk countries (Version 1.0). Natural hazards pose a growing threat to developing countries that lack financial or material resources to...
Y-PEER Bosnia and Herzegovina - Y-PEER: Strengthening and Expanding Capacity for Delivery of High Quality Peer Education Systems in Arab States, Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Summary: The evaluation of the Bosnia & Herzegovina Y - Peer Network project took place from 28th – 30th January 2008 and was undertaken by Steve Lambert and Julius Kanyamunyu. This report is based...
Humanitarian action & armed conflict: Coping with stress [EN/RU]
Author: Barthold Bierens de Haan This brochure is intended for ICRC staff and humanitarian professionals working in conflict zones or other emergency situations. It describes and proposes ways of...
Nauru National Disaster Risk Management Plan 2008 (Final Draft)
This National Plan supports the Government's Disaster Risk Management Policy and is intended to assist the process of effectively managing hazards and risks in Nauru. It is not intended for use in...
Republic of Kiribati: National Adaptation Program of Action (NAPA)
This document sets out a 3 year plan for urgent and immediate actions in the Republic of Kiribati to begin work in adapting to climate change. These actions forming the project profiles are developed...
Sustainable Coastal Development Policy 2008
BACKGROUND This policy document provides a framework to guide sustainable management and development of Niue's coast. Lessons learnt from previous disasters left Niue with huge economic, social and...
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Earthquake insurance: Lessons from international experience and key issues for developing earthquake insurance in the PRC
Abstract Catastrophe (including earthquake) insurance can help relieve the financial burden on the government to fund relief and recovery of the affected population by spreading the risks and costs...
HIV Sentinel Surveillance in Pregnant Women, 2002-2006
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IOM Assessed Religious Minority IDP Families February 2006 - December 2008
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IOM Assessed IDP Families February 2006 - December 2008
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Manuel pour la protection des déplacés internes
Introduction à l’édition provisoire du Manuel Dans plus de 50 pays du monde entier, quelque 24 millions de personnes sont déracinées et déplacées dans leur propre pays suite à un conflit ou à des...
USAID/OTI Nepal quarterly report Oct-Dec 2008
Program Description In August 2006, USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) inaugurated a program to help advance Nepal's transition to peace and democracy. The objectives of the OTI program...
US forces under Iraq mandate, hand over Green Zone
U.S. troops come under Iraqi mandate * Iraqi forces assume control of Green Zone * Three police killed in suicide attack By Waleed Ibrahim and Tim Cocks BAGHDAD, Jan 1 (Reuters) - U.S. forces in Iraq...
Kenya : Un peu d'argent peut faire beaucoup pour les orphelins du sida
KWALE, 1 janvier 2009 (PLUSNEWS) - Vêtue de son uniforme scolaire, soigneusement repassé chez elle à Bangladesh, un bidonville de la région de Kwale, sur la côte kenyane, Winnie Adhiambo affiche une...
Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 1 Jan 2009
Jan 01 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1215 GMT on Thursday. MOSUL - A suicide truck bomber killed three policemen and wounded five civilians on Thursday in southern Mosul,...
Peace Operations Task Forces on Strengthening Multilateral Security Capacity
The IPI Blue Papers are the product of an intense process of consultation, which engaged more than sixty UN member states, half of them at ambassadorial level, and seventy experts in a variety of...
UNICEF Humanitarian Action Report 2009
The Humanitarian Action Report (HAR) is UNICEF's annual humanitarian funding appeal for children and women affected by protracted emergencies. In 2009, requirements to support UNICEF-assisted...
Sudan: Darfur Humanitarian Profile No. 34 - Situation as of 01 Jan 2009
I. Affected Population – trends and analysis 1. The trend of high levels of violence that has characterized 2008 continued during the last quarter of the year. Armed confrontations between Government...
Guidelines for Core Population-Based Indicators
The purpose of this manual is to provide country partners with technical guidance on the detailed specifications of the core indicators that can be measured through household surveys, the data...