Section navigation:
- Suggest a resource to include in this section.
- Wrong information?
Please let us know if we have published inaccurate info on this page. - Keep updated - subscribe to the ADG newsletter and forum mailing lists.
Main content:
Recovery and reconstruction frameworks
Community recovery after the February 2009 Victorian bushfires: a rapid review
This review was commissioned by the Victorian Government Department of Health in response to the devastating bushfires in Victoria in February 2009, so as to inform a community resilience based recovery strategy. (DOH (VIC): Sep 2009) More info >>
Reconstruction after a major disaster: lessons from the post-tsunami experience in Indonesia, Sri Lanka & Thailand
This paper examines several aspects of the rehabilitation and reconstruction program that followed the 2004 tsunami in Asia, focusing on aid delivery and reconstruction policy following the disaster. (ABDI: December 2008) More info >>
Impact of the conflict, the tsunami & reconstruction on poverty in Aceh
This report aims to address questions regarding the ability of the early relief and reconstruction effort and offers the provincial government in Aceh and the reconstruction agency (BRR) a clearer picture of poverty in the post-conflict and tsunami environment to better design policies and programs to alleviate poverty. (World Bank: Jan 2008) More info >>
The livelihood assessment tool-kit: analysing & responding to the impact of disasters
The LAT is aimed at sudden onset natural disasters. However, it is planned to extend the coverage of the LAT to other types of emergencies. (FAO: 2008) More info >>
Standards put to the test: implementing the INEE minimum standards for education in emergencies
This paper presents the case for education as an essential humanitarian activity, and the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) Minimum Standards as a tool for quality and accountability within those interventions. (Humanitarian Practice Network/ODI: 2006) More info >>
Impact of the tsunami response on local and national capacities
The report includes lessons learnt, key messages as well as recommendations into the response and recovery of the affected nations. (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: 2006) More info >>
Aid and security after the Tsunami
A speech by the Director General of Ausaid on aid and security in post-tsunami environments. (AusAID) More info >>
Learning lessons from disaster recovery: the case of Bangladesh
This report summarises the findings of a country case study on Bangladesh, aimed at learning lessons from recovery efforts following major natural disasters. (ProVention Consortium: 2005) More info >>
Learning from previous recovery operations
This briefing paper provides a synthesis of key lessons from post-disaster recovery programs. (Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action: Dec 2005) More info >>
Lessons from natural disasters and emergency reconstruction
Lessons from Natural Disasters and Emergency Reconstruction projects conducted by the World bank over the past decade. (World Bank: 2005) More info >>
Tsunami emergency: lessons from previous natural disasters
This report aims to assist agencies by highlighting seven generic lessons that have been learned from natural disasters, specifically floods and earthquakes. (ALNAP) More info >>
Flood disasters: learning from previous relief and recovery operations
This briefing paper provides an introduction and synthesis of key lessons from evaluations of relief and recovery/humanitarian response to flooding in the last 20 years from Africa, Asia and the Americas. (The ProVention Consortium: 2008) More info >>