This resource shares compelling findings on how to support resilience in thin-market and weak-governance contexts, among communities faced with chronic shocks and stresses.
This resource shares compelling findings on how to support resilience in thin-market and weak-governance contexts, among communities faced with chronic shocks and stresses.
The SEEP Network's global Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Program, funded by the Citi Foundation, seeks to promote more resilient financial services markets in which financial service providers…
Globally, the frequency of natural disasters has steadily increased in recent decades, particularly the devastating storms and floods that many associate with climate change. Asia and the Paci…
The MERS offer tools for humanitarian agencies, inter-governmental organizations, local populations and government departments to enhance the effectiveness and quality of the economic assistan…
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Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) largely cater to poor and near-poor populations. Not only are MFI clients ex…
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Populations facing fragility often have limited trust in financial institutions and low risk tolerance : FASA have lower rates of formal salaried emplo…
The objective of the CTRT is to help humanitarian agencies at the country level better prepare for emergency response using cash transfers. This tool aims to guide humanitarian organizations…
The Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance’s (AKAM) mission is centered around creating lasting improvement in the quality of life of its clients by delivering client-centric financial product…
When Chennai faced its worst flood in a century on December 1st 2015, 10,000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) experienced a total of $250 million in damage over two weeks. These fir…
Habitat for Humanity India (HFHI) has years of experience providing shelter in tandem with disaster response and risk reduction services. The increasing frequency and severity of disasters has…
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This Technical Guidebook seeks to provide guidelines and best practices based on actions taken and lessons learned whi…
This document summarizes presentations and discussions at the Consultation on Mainstreaming DRR in Financial Institutions and Mechanisms, held in New Delhi in June, 2016. The Consultation was…
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This case explores three innovative, people-centered approaches used by Vitas Group and Global Communities to successfully grow the financial…
This resource provides summaries of emergency food security and livelihood assessment tools for the first phase of an emergency. The tools were collected from thirty two huminatarian response…
This document provides a list of the top ten economic recovery and livelihood resources in the categories of overall standards, post-crisis market assessments, basics fo economic recovery and…
This brief focuses on the challenges and solutions to providing grants to microentrepreneurs in the wake of natural disaster. It provides guidelines for microgrants and examines some of the e…
The primary goal of this paper is to identify the characteristics of self-perceived resilience among a small sample of women in rural Burkina Faso. This analysis contributes to the ongoing eff…
This report explores the role and potential of Information and Comunication Technologies (Internet, GIS, Remote Sensing, satellite-based communication links) in disaster planning and progr…
This document describes Mercy Corp's integrated framework for building resilience. The framework guides the reader through Mercy Corps resilence approach which includes guiding questions, shor…
