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PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This report presents an economic impact assessment of the Boxing Day 2015 flooding on small and medium sized businesses (SMEs).

University of Leeds
 Pintakasi: A Review of Shelter/WASH Delivery Methods in Post‑Disaster Recovery Interventions
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This study hopes to contribute valuable lessons learned and share best practices from the program to the shelter/WASH recovery communities of practice within the humanitarian sector as a whole.

Catholic Relief Services
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This review looks at the state of evidence on humanitarian and disaster risk reduction (DRR) interventions which aim to reinforce economic resilience in view of anticipated shocks and support economic recovery after a shock, both in situations of natural

Governance and Social Development Resource Centre
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This brief documents some of the positive as well as the negative experiences in Sri Lanka recovery process during the then years following the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.

University of Huddersfield
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This paper aims to strengthen capacity of local government institutions in mainstreaming gender into local disaster risk reduction strategies.

It explores drivers of gender mainstreaming and the elements of an enabling environment, addressing issues such

Centre for Disaster Resilience, University of Salford
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This scoping study explores the resilience strategies of households in multiple livelihood systems by describing how households in Darfur have coped with conflict and other shocks over the past fifteen years. It begins with a brief description of

Feinstein International Center
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This paper examines the role of business interruption insurance in business recovery following the Christchurch earthquake in 2011 in the short and medium term. In the short-term analysis, it asks whether insurance increases the likelihood of business survival in the aftermath of a disaster.

Victoria University of Wellington
Targeting Vulnerable People with a Social Safety Net: Lessons from the CFW Program for the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster
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The Emergency Job Creation (EJC) program in which unemployed people are hired for recovery works funded by the government was introduced after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. This paper evaluates how the EJC program targeted those most in need.

Fuji Technology Press