Rising from the Ashes

Mary Anderson; Peter J Woodrow

doi:10.3362/9781780445793

Rising from the Ashes

Development strategies in times of disaster

Drawing on case histories of emergency relief programmes that have successfully promoted development, the book offers guidelines for fashioning assistance programmes designed to counter the effects of both natural and human-caused disasters. The authors argue that relief efforts must support and enhance existing capacities and they present an analytical framework for assessing the characteristics and needs of afflicted communities.

Published: 1998
Pages: 468

eBook: 9781780445793

Paperback: 9781853394393


Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I
Lessons Learned and Guidelines for Program Design
Introduction to Part I:
Thinking Development in a World of Disasters
1 A Framework for Analyzing Capacities and Vulnerabilities 9
2 First Decisions in Programming
The Decision to Intervene, 27
North-Sou th Partnerships in Disaster Relief, 35
3 The Context of Programming 39
The Political Con text, e39
The international Policy Context, 42
Information Is Power or Who Needs to Know What? 44
4 Dimensions of Programming
The Myth of Speed, 49
Scale of Program, 52
Duration of Programming, 54
5 People and Programming
Project Participants, 61
Women and Gender Considerations, 66
The Uprooted: Refugees as a Special Case? 68
6 Approaches to Programming
Personnel (When a Northern NGO In terveiies), 75
Expertise, 79
Education and Training, 83
7 Cooperation and Accountability in Programming
Coordination with Other Agencies, 89
Monitoring and Evaluation, 92
8 Closing the Gap Between Principles, Policies, and Practice
Part I1
IRDP Case Histories
Introduction to Part 11: Background and Development of
IRDP Case Histories
9 Wollo Rehabilitation and Disaster Prevention Projects:
Wollo, Ethiopia
10 Ethiopia Emergency Program:
Yifat na Timugo, Ethiopia
11 Proyecto Nueva Vida Armero:
Armero, Colombia
12 Cereal Banks in Burkiqa Faso:
Food Security, Drought, and Development
13 Kordofan Agroforestry Extension Project:
Northern Kordofan, Sudan
14 Earthquake Housing Reconstruction and
Rural Development: Joyabaj, Quiche, Guatemala
15 Local Resource Management Project:
Santo Domingo, Albay, Bicol Region, Philippines
16 Qala en Nahal Refugee Settlement Project:
Eastern Sudan
17 Nomad Program: T i Aicha, Mali
18 Promotion of Health Care Among Khmer Refugees:
Greenhill Site B, Surin, Thailand
19 Northeast Thailand Project: Surin, Thailand
Appendix A: Annotated List ofAdditiona1
IRDP Case Histories
Appendix B: Bibliography