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Development in States of War: Selected articles from Development in Practice

01/01/1996

2 documents

114 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Humanitarian relief has always focused on meeting the needs of people affected by war and armed conflict. Today, the same is increasingly true of development programmes. The challenge for aid agencies is not only to apply development principles to their emergency work, but also to address the issues arising from the reality of military conflict […]

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Disease Prevention Through Vector Control: Guidelines for relief organisations

01/01/1995

1 documents

129 pages long

Languages: English

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The number of refugees and displaced persons has increased greatly in recent years. At least 80 per cent of them are living in tropical or semi-tropical countries where vector borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue, kala azar, sleeping sickness, dysentery, and cholera are common. In the crowded and unhygienic conditions of emergency camps, such diseases […]

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Journal article

Alternatives to residential care for children

01/05/1994

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Institutional care for children separated from their family (for whatever reason) continues to be the first choice of governments of developing countries. 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 […]

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Food Scarcity and Famine: Assessment and response

01/01/1992

1 documents

128 pages long

Languages: English

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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 […]

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Journal article

Gender, development, and training: Raising awareness in the planning process

01/11/1991

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender, development, and training: Raising awareness in the planning process

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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 […]

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Book

Registration in Emergencies

01/01/1990

1 documents

65 pages long

Languages: English

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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 […]

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Book

Plastic Sheeting: Its use for emergency shelter and other purposes

01/01/1989

1 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

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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 […]

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Book

Disaster Mitigation: A community based approach

01/01/1989

1 documents

113 pages long

Languages: English

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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 […]

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Book

Against The Grain: The dilemma of project food aid

01/01/1982

1 documents

144 pages long

Languages: English

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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.

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