International Recovery Platform

This report highlights the value of involving communities in their own recovery, the benefits of long-term over an exclusively short-term focus, and the need to establish community independence over dependence, rather than continuing to foster a cycle of

In the early stages of the tsunami disaster, regional coordination of logistics, procurement humanitarian coordination, information systems, resources allocation, and management were essential to respond to the vast needs throughout the tsunami affected

This issue of Humanitarian Exchange focuses on the emergency response to the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004.