This article explores the issue of assessing causal impact which "requires not just measurement, but clever research designs that make possible comparisons that can support defensible causal inferences".
Reflection by Ricardo Zapata Martà on his "recent experience in the evaluation processes of some recent disasters in which he participated in assessing the damage and losses caused to countries of different size and level of development".
Collection of online resources for the microfinance industry.
"This resource centre promotes sound practices in insurance provision through the exchange of knowledge and experience. Insurance is one tool to reduce the vulnerability of poor people."
Site promoting the Partner-Agent model of microinsurance, linking micro-finance institutions with regulated insurance companies to provide professional insurance products to the low-income market, while maintaining the risk with a regulated insurer.
Report intended "to learn about and compare the perceptions of hygiene and sanitation at household, community and‘ official’ levels" in an effort to better underastand the community trends that influence adoption.
According to this article "a new picture of the island’s economy is emerging, one in which it actually stands to benefit from December’s catastrophe".
Guidelines "intended to increase awareness among those involved in designing and implementing development co-operation programmes of the threats posed by natural hazards and of the range of measures that may be adopted so as to reduce their impacts".
A paper from the Benfield Hazard Research Centre outlining Tearfund’s efforts to develop closer links between its emergency and development programming, including undertaking steps to integrate disaster risk reduction into relief and development.
"This report seeks to analyze the underlying causes of continued disaster vulnerability, to showcase best practice from the field and to highlight some of the key issues emerging from the WCDR Conference at Kobe."
