In response to the January 26, 2001 Gujarat Earthquake in India, 153 schools in Ahmedabad, Baroda and Surat were studied to identify earthquake-unsafe school buildings. A rapid, inexpensive method was adopted to assess the earthquake vulnerability of the school buildings. The report may serve as a model on how to assess the seismic safety of school buildings.

This programme covers three days of training, and the main objective is to focus on how teachers can give psychosocial support to children affected by war. It is assumed that these children have returned to a more or less normal school environment.

This short article captures the shift in thinking over the past decade regarding the relationship between relief and development.

The conflict assessment framework (CAF) presented below draws together the best current research on the causes of conflict and instability and develops a conceptual framework that can help Missions design more strategic and effective assistance programs in high risk environments

This 60-page report is based on interviews with hundreds of children in all regions of the world. Human Rights Watch investigations in more than 20 countries found that school fees and related education costs, the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, discrimination, violence and other obstacles.

The failure to protect children from escalating threats not only results in personal tragedy but carries a long-term social cost as well, including the spread of HIV/AIDS, an elevated maternal and infant mortality rate, a loss of education and a generation of marginalized youth. Protecting children in crises must be a top priority in every stage of every emergency response.

This paper examines how to develop more effective protection in practice by active participation of young people. The author insists that a strong basis for protection already exists among many young people themselves.

This study brings together two concurrent focuses: the first is on ‘fragile states’ or ‘difficult partnerships’, emerging from both from the challenge of meeting the MDGs through tackling poverty in these environments and the renewed focus on improving governance and institutions in weak institutional environments. The second is the evolving agenda around donor behaviour and aid effectiveness.

This summary paper was prepared by Levin and Dollar for the DAC Learning and Advisory Process on Difficult Partnerships. The previous study was from 1992-2002 and this study paper was prepared in 2005. This paper summarizes the findings of data analysis conducted for the DAC LAP on aid allocations in difficult partnerships.

This is an issues brief on the importance of reconciliation in the context of conflict prevention and development co-operation.