Rising from the Ashes: Development Strategies in Times of Disaster

by Anderson, Mary B.

• ISBN13: 9781555878009
• ISBN10: 1555878008
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-02-28
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner

Table of Contents

Preface	vii	(2)
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(6)
Part I Lessons Learned and Guidelines for Program Design	7	(98)
Introduction to Part I: Thinking Development in a World of Disasters	7	(2)
1 A Framework for Analyzing Capacities and Vulnerabilities	9	(18)
2 First Decisions in Programming	27	(12)
The Decision to Intervene	27	(8)
North-South Partnerships in Disaster Relief	35	(4)
3 The Context of Programming	39	(10)
The Political Context	39	(3)
The International Policy Context	42	(2)
Information Is Power or Who Needs to Know What?	44	(5)
4 Dimensions of Programming	49	(12)
The Myth of Speed	49	(3)
Scale of Program	52	(2)
Duration of Programming	54	(7)
5 People and Programming	61	(14)
Project Participants	61	(5)
Women and Gender Considerations	66	(2)
The Uprooted: Refugees as a Special Case?	68	(7)
6 Approaches to Programming	75	(14)
Personnel (When a Northern NGO Intervenes)	75	(4)
Expertise	79	(4)
Education and Training	83	(6)
7 Cooperation and Accountability in Programming	89	(6)
Coordination with Other Agencies	89	(3)
Monitoring and Evaluation	92	(3)
8 Closing the Gap Between Principles, Policies, and Practice	95	(10)
Part II IRDP Case Histories	105	(224)
Introduction to Part II: Background and Development of IRDP Case Histories	105	(6)
9 Wollo Rehabilitation and Disaster Prevention Projects: Wollo, Ethiopia	111	(24)
10 Ethiopia Emergency Program: Yifat na Timugo, Ethiopia	135	(22)
11 Proyecto Nueva Vida Armero: Armero, Colombia	157	(28)
12 Cereal Banks in Burkina Faso: Food Security, Drought, and Development	185	(22)
13 Kordofan Agroforestry Extension Project: Northern Kordofan, Sudan	207	(18)
14 Earthquake Housing Reconstruction and Rural Development: Joyabaj, Quiche, Guatemala	225	(16)
15 Local Resource Management Project: Santo Domingo, Albay, Bicol Region, Philippines	241	(18)
16 Qala en Nahal Refugee Settlement Project: Eastern Sudan	259	(20)
17 Nomad Program: Tin Aicha, Mali	279	(22)
18 Promotion of Health Care Among Khmer Refugees: Greenhill Site B, Surin, Thailand	301	(14)
19 Northeast Thailand Project: Surin, Thailand	315	(14)
Appendix A: Annotated List of Additional IRDP Case Histories	329	(8)
Appendix B: Bibliography	337