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Guidelines and toolkits

Participatory Capacity and Vulnerability Analysis: A practitioner’s guide

01/06/2012

2 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam’s participatory capacity and vulnerability analysis (PCVA) tool is a risk analysis process designed to help staff and partner organisations engage with communities in contexts where natural disasters are significant drivers of poverty and suffering. PCVA has its roots in two proven social development methodologies. First, it stems from capacity and vulnerability analysis (CVA) methodology. […]

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Case study

Promoting Gender Equality in Disaster Risk Reduction: Oxfam’s Experiences in Southeast Asia

01/05/2012

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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This compilation of case studies illustrates the close ties between our concern for gender equality and our efforts in humanitarian crises and disaster risk reduction (DRR). They do not claim to be comprehensive, but simply reflect some recent Oxfam experiences in Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar and Vietnam. They are examples of how natural hazards like cyclones […]

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Technical briefing

Emergency Shelter: Principles and practice

15/04/2012

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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As part of our humanitarian mandate, Oxfam initiates and supports emergency shelter interventions for people affected by disasters and conflicts. Our experience shows that the rapid distribution of shelter NFIs and shelter support for host families can help people meet their immediate needs for dignity, privacy and protection from adverse weather. This Technical Briefing Note […]

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Briefing note

Pakistan Floods Emergency: Lessons from a continuing crisis

16/02/2012

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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The floods that began in August 2011 resulted in one of the most destructive disasters that Pakistan has experienced. Many thousands of lives have been saved by the efforts of Pakistani officials, aid workers and affected communities, and vital aid has reached millions of people. But the crisis is far from over. More than 2.5 […]

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Briefing paper

A Dangerous Delay: The cost of late response to early warnings in the 2011 drought in the Horn of Africa

18/01/2012

6 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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More than 13 million people are still affected by the crisis in the Horn of Africa. There were clear early warning signs many months in advance, yet there was insufficient response until it was far too late. This briefing, published jointly by Oxfam and Save the Children, examines the factors that allowed a drought in […]

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Discussion paper

Towards a characterisation of adaptive capacity: A framework for analysing adaptive capacity at the local level

01/12/2010

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Interest is growing in supporting vulnerable people and communities to adapt to the impacts of a changing climate, and there is a general assumption that there are close links between development and adaptation. Yet our understanding of the impacts that development interventions have on adaptive capacity at the local level remains limited. Most development interventions […]

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Book

Leaving Disasters Behind: A guide to disaster risk reduction in Ethiopia

15/01/2007

8 documents

210 pages long

Languages: English

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This book is intended for staff from government agencies, non-government organizations, academic and research institutions and also donors who work in or for the disaster-prone areas of Ethiopia. The book will also be useful for those working in other disaster-prone regions in Africa and beyond. It provides guidance on how to reduce disaster risk using […]

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Participatory Capacity and Vulnerability Analysis: A practitioner’s guide

Promoting Gender Equality in Disaster Risk Reduction: Oxfam’s Experiences in Southeast Asia

Emergency Shelter: Principles and practice

Pakistan Floods Emergency: Lessons from a continuing crisis

A Dangerous Delay: The cost of late response to early warnings in the 2011 drought in the Horn of Africa

Towards a characterisation of adaptive capacity: A framework for analysing adaptive capacity at the local level

Leaving Disasters Behind: A guide to disaster risk reduction in Ethiopia