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21. Effective Micro- Insurance Programs to Reduce Vulnerability
    Paper on lessons learnt and some common features that are found in effective microinsurance products.
    16-11-2008 to demand, insurance, microfinance, microinsurance, needs analysis, resilience, risk transfer, to read, vulnerability
22. Overcoming drought adaptation strategies for Andhra Pradesh, India (World Bank, 2006)
    Research to understand and quantify the drought risk that Andhra Pradesh faces to help the state adapt to climate change by integrating issues of climate variability into economic planning.
    16-11-2008 to adaptation, climate change, drought, economics, india, south asia, to read, variability, vulnerability
23. The Early Childhood Atlas
    Project to facilitate spatial analysis in early childhood service which has included development of a Disaster Risk Index which Identified four categories of vulnerability indicators for the early childhood sector.
    16-11-2008 to children, drr education, indicators, mississippi, us, vulnerability
24. Integrating Social Vulnerability Into Water Management (SEI, Nov. 2005)
    15-11-2008 to sei, social networking, to read, vulnerability, water
25. The End of Poverty – The Beginning of Self-determination: An Integral Systemic Exploration of Self-determination in Guatemala (ISC, Sept. 2007)
    Paper describing a project sponsored by CARE and the Institute for Strategic Clarity (ISC) that focuses on uncovering the underlying dynamics of poverty in Guatemala through collaborative systems thinking.
    11-11-2008 to care, causal loops, causal maps, centralamerica, collaboration, guatemala, multi-stakeholder, poverty, resilience, systems, vulnerability
26. The Meaning of 'Build Back Better': Evidence From Post-Tsunami Aceh and Sri Lanka (Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Jan 2008)
    Focusing on settlement and shelter, this paper examines 4 areas: (i) safety, security, and livelihoods; (ii) how post-disaster settlement and shelter could have an improved connection with permanent housing and communities; (iii) fairness and equity; and (iv) connecting relief and development by tackling root causes of vulnerability.
    20-10-2008 to aceh, asia, housing, reconstruction, settlement, shelter, sri lanka, transition, tsunami, vulnerability
27. Changing Climates
    'This project seeks to compile the lessons gained by individuals, small communities, and organizations in confronting environmental challenges linked to climate change to bring the concerns and needs of vulnerable communities to the global debate.'
    02-05-2008 to blog, climate change, community, resilience, vulnerability
28. Effect of Microfinance on Vulnerability, Poverty and Risk in Low Income Households (2007)
    This paper investigates whether or not participation in micro-finance self help groups results in reducing poverty and vulnerability. the paper focuses on a case study of India’s National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)-initiated Self-Help Group (SHG).
    02-05-2008 to development, india, microfinanace, poverty, risk, vulnerability
29. Community Risk Assessment (CRA) Toolkit
    A collection of methodologies and case studies on CRA to help users to identify the most appropriate assessment methodologies and applications. Guidance notes for each of the the methods and case studies provide additional analysis.
    02-05-2008 to assessment, capacity, cbdrm, community action planning, cra, local, resilience, risk, vulnerability
30. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
    Site of the the IPCC which 'has been established by WMO and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation'.
    30-04-2007 to adaptation, climate change, mitigation, unep, vulnerability, wmo

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