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The effectiveness of forecast-based humanitarian assistance in anticipation of extreme winters: a case study of vulnerable herders in Mongolia. [PDF]
Disasters, 2022 This paper presents evidence relating to a forecast‐based cash and non‐food item distribution among vulnerable herder households during the 2017–18 dzud (extreme winter) season in Mongolia, and analyses the results of a quasi‐experimental study evaluating its impacts. An innovative approach in disaster risk reduction, forecast‐based financing (FbF) can
Gros C +6 more
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Development and nationwide implementation of a postdischarge responsive parenting intervention program for very preterm born children: The TOP program. [PDF]
Infant Ment Health J, 2021 ABSTRACT A previous randomized controlled trial has suggested the effectiveness of a Dutch postdischarge responsive parenting program for very preterm (VPT) infants, indicating that nationwide implementation was justified. This paper describes the development and nationwide implementation of the intervention, known as the TOP program, which consisted ...
Jeukens-Visser M +5 more
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Disasters, Volume 47, Issue 4, Page 849-869, October 2023., 2023 Since the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016, debates about the localisation of humanitarian aid have intensified. Dominant discourse focuses on reform, although calls for the broader decolonisation of aid are mounting. This paper examines the impact of neoliberal‐inspired competition that incentivises institutional expansion and clashes with ...
Dustin Barter, Gun Mai Sumlut
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Disasters, Volume 47, Issue 3, Page 806-829, July 2023., 2023 Psychological First Aid (PFA) is widely used in the early phases of disaster recovery, despite limited empirical evidence supporting its application. PFA aims to reduce distress and encourage adaptive coping and is grounded in five principles: the promotion of hope, self‐ and collective efficacy, social connectedness, safety, and calm.
Lilith Korndörffer +2 more
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Disasters, Volume 47, Issue 2, Page 437-463, April 2023., 2023 Efforts to reduce the gap between the research evidence base and humanitarian responses have focused on producing quality evidence and ensuring its use in decision‐making. Yet, how evidence translates into field‐level implementation is not well understood in humanitarian contexts.
Enrica Leresche +7 more
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Disasters, Volume 47, Issue 1, Page 42-77, January 2023., 2023 This study reviews research on cash and voucher assistance (CVA) by applying a humanitarian supply chain management perspective. A systematic literature review was conducted to identify, analyse, and synthesise past academic research. The content, context, and process framework was used to structure the content analysis.
Amin Maghsoudi +3 more
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Disasters, Volume 46, Issue 4, Page 1098-1120, October 2022., 2022 Responding to disasters triggered by natural hazards is a deeply political process, but it is usually presented by practitioners as an apolitical endeavour. This is striking when disasters occur in authoritarian and politically highly polarised conflict‐affected settings.
Isabelle Desportes +1 more
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Disasters, Volume 46, Issue 4, Page 1049-1074, October 2022., 2022 Discussions on how humanitarian aid and disaster responses can link better with development and disaster risk reduction (DRR) have occurred for decades. However, the reverse transition, from development to relief, is still poorly understood. Using the case of Yemen, this study analyses whether and how development and DRR activities adapted to the ...
Rodrigo Mena, Dorothea Hilhorst
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Approaches to ‘vulnerability’ in eight European disaster management systems
Disasters, Volume 46, Issue 3, Page 742-767, July 2022., 2022 While social vulnerability in the face of disasters has received increasing academic attention, relatively little is known about the extent to which that knowledge is reflected in practice by institutions involved in disaster management. This study charts the practitioners’ approaches to disaster vulnerability in eight European countries: Belgium ...
Kati Orru +11 more
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Localisation requires trust: an interface perspective on the Rohingya response in Bangladesh
Disasters, Volume 46, Issue 3, Page 610-632, July 2022., 2022 Local actors are promoted as important agents in the humanitarian sector's latest reform efforts. Opinions on the exact meaning and the best means of implementing localisation differ, however. Applying an interface perspective, this paper analyses how the Rohingya response in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, became an arena of contestation, competition, and ...
Kristina Roepstorff
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