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Cash transfer programming in emergencies: A success story from the Viet Nam Red Cross

05 May 2015
This case study examines the increased use of cash transfer programming in emergencies by the Viet Nam Red Cross (VNRC) with support from Red Cross and Red Crescent Partner National Societies (PNS) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Re...
Case Study
Research

Want to Get Out Alive? Follow the Ants

30 Apr 2015
Article in Nautilus magazine highlighting research by Nirajan Shiwakoti and Majid Sarvi at Monash University in Melbourne into the influence of architectural design on evacuation speed and efficiency. The research used ants, which crowd together in...
Research
Assessment or evaluation

Lessons Learned for Nepal Earthquake response (27 April, 2015)

30 Apr 2015
The aim of this product is to improve the performance of humanitarian actors in the response of the Nepal earthquake, assist agencies working in the response and encourage positive action by decision makers. The lessons learned below have been a p...
Assessment or evaluation
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Frequently Asked Questions- Universal App Program: First Aid

30 Apr 2015
The Universal App Program is an initiative sponsored by the Global Disaster Preparedness Center and is focused on providing access to high quality, lifesaving mobile applications or ‘apps’ to Red Cross and Red Crescent societies for release in th...
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Research

Nepal Urban Housing Sector Profile

29 Apr 2015
Based on research by a team of Nepalese and international experts, this report carries out an analysis of five key elements related to urban housing and settlement – land, basic services, housing finance, building materials and construction tec...
Research
Research

Nepal Land Tenure Profile

29 Apr 2015
This report by USAID looks at the recent state of land use, land distribution, and tenure types in Nepal. The report also explores the processes for securing land rights, community-based land reforms, increasing women’s legal rights related to ...
Research, Urban Resilience
Report

Nepal Disaster Report 2011: Policies, Practices, and Lessons

29 Apr 2015
This report is a compendium of understanding, concepts, experiences and lessons of disaster risk management (DRM) and emergency response planning and capacity building in Nepal. It reflects the status of DRM in Nepal including peoples’ aspirati...
Report
Guidance material

Cash transfer programming: engaging National Society leadership

29 Apr 2015
This guidance has been developed to facilitate internal advocacy regarding cash transfer programming. It provides the materials required to run an awareness session for senior representatives of a National Society on the nature of cash transfer progr...
Guidance material
Other type of resource

New learning in cash transfer programming

28 Apr 2015
The special feature of this issue of Humanitarian Exchange focuses on new learning in cash transfer programming. While cash is now an accepted tool, and is increasingly being used in humanitarian response, most programmes are small and gaps in analys...
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Cash-based responses in emergencies

28 Apr 2015
This study explores the suitability of cash and vouchers in the full range of emergency contexts, from natural disasters to wars, from rich developed countries to poor developing ones. Sometimes, it is assumed that cash provision may be possible in r...
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