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The long-term consequences of institutionalisation can be severe and in 1991, Save the Children Fund (UK) (SCFUK) initiated a research programme to examine the experience SCF and its partners have had of working […] View resource Book Food Scarcity and Famine: Assessment and response 01/01/1992 1 documents 128 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Aid effectiveness Food security Humanitarian practice Overview Where people are suffering from food scarcity or famine, the obvious response seems to be food aid. This may indeed be necessary, but handing out food may not be the best solution, and other actions could be equally urgent, such as public health or income-support measures. Food Scarcity and Famine provides a new approach to […] View resource Journal article Gender, development, and training: Raising awareness in the planning process 01/11/1991 11 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Gender mainstreaming Humanitarian practice Overview Several decades of development experience have yielded a wealth of findings about the key assumptions, procedures, and practices by which women have been marginalised in development planning. The value of these insights lies not only in highlighting flawed planning procedures, but also in helping to formulate alternative frameworks for thinking about development. This article discusses […] View resource Book Registration in Emergencies 01/01/1990 1 documents 65 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Disasters Humanitarian practice M&E Monitoring and evaluation Overview A fast and accurate registration carried out in the early stages of a relief operation can be invaluable when assessing needs and arranging for an efficient and fair distribution of food and other relief supplies. Based on Oxfam’s wide experience of administering relief operations in a variety of emergency situations, this manual gives a step-by-step […] View resource Book Plastic Sheeting: Its use for emergency shelter and other purposes 01/01/1989 1 documents 43 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Disasters Humanitarian practice Overview Oxfam has accumulated considerable experience in the use of plastic sheeting to provide temporary shelter in emergency situations. This technical guide has been prepared to help those concerned with planning and implementing emergency provision to understand the advantages and problems of plastic sheeting materials and how they can best be used in a variety of […] View resource Book Disaster Mitigation: A community based approach 01/01/1989 1 documents 113 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Development methods Disaster risk reduction Disasters DRR Humanitarian practice Overview More people die as a result of natural disasters now than in the past. The reason for this is that more people are living in vulnerable situations. Disaster Mitigation first examines the underlying causes for this increased vulnerability and looks at why poor people suffer most when disaster strikes. The major part of the book […] View resource Book Against The Grain: The dilemma of project food aid 01/01/1982 1 documents 144 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Aid effectiveness Food security Humanitarian practice Refugees and IDPs Overview For years food has been gien to Third World countries to help in their development. But it has made little impact. Too often the food aid tail wags the development dog. Yet the effectiveness of food aid as a tool for development has gone virtually unchallenged. View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 51 Page 52 Spotted an error? Let us know