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Latest Publications from HPN

11.08.2006

The latest HPN publications are now available on ODI website at www.odihpn.org
They include :

Understanding and addressing staff turnover in humanitarian agencies, Network Paper 55, by David Loquercio, Mark Hammersley, and Ben Emmens

Within the humanitarian sector there is a dearth of detailed analysis of the causes and consequences of staff turnover. This paper aims to fill this gap. It discusses the causes of turnover, outlines the key elements of a strategy to retain staff and describes what agencies can do to manage the consequences of staff turnover. This can be downloaded from http://www.odihpn.org/report.asp?ID=2806

Humanitarian Exchange Magazine 33
This issue of Humanitarian Exchange feature articles on the response to the earthquake in Pakistan on 8 October 2005, documenting practical lessons and key issues from a range of agency, institutional and staff perspectives. The focus is on the response and capacity of local and national actors, and how these intersected with those of the international community. The entire issue can be downloaded from http://www.odihpn.org/report.asp?ID=2805

Feature articles include:

The response to the earthquake in Pakistan: the view from the Federal Relief Commission, by Major-General Farooq Ahmad Khan, the Federal Relief Commissioner, the Government of Pakistan, http://www.odihpn.org/report.asp?ID=2811

Humanitarian intervention in a sovereign state: the political fault-lines of the Pakistan earthquake, by Tom Bamforth, development consultant, http://www.odihpn.org/report.asp?ID=2807

Earthquake jihad: the role of jihadis and Islamist groups after the October 2005 earthquake, by Jawad Hussain Qureshi, ICG, http://www.odihpn.org/report.asp?ID=2815

Humanitarian capacity in the South Asian earthquake response: a local perspective, by Manzoor Ahmed Awan, Sungi Development Foundation, http://www.odihpn.org/report.asp?ID=2817

Responding to shelter needs in post-earthquake Pakistan: a self-help approach, by Alexandra Causton and Graham Saunders, CRS, http://www.odihpn.org/report.asp?ID=2810

The Pakistan earthquake and the health needs of women, by Erum Burki, Marie Stopes Society, http://www.odihpn.org/report.asp?ID=2809

Building media capacities to improve disaster response: lessons from Pakistan, by Adnan Rehmat, Internews, http://www.odihpn.org/report.asp?ID=2802

When is a camp not a camp? When it’s a ‘tent village’, by Damian Lilly, UNOCHA, http://www.odihpn.org/report.asp?ID=2814

Timing matters: capacity-building during an emergency response, by Silva Lauffer, RedR-IHE, http://www.odihpn.org/report.asp?ID=2812

General policy and practice articles focus on government capacity in Zambia, the importance of land issues in northern Uganda, nutritional lessons from the Niger crisis in 2005, approaches to conducting research with children in conflict-affected settings, and NGO collaboration through multi-agency evaluations. There is also an end piece on accountability and OCHA by Nicholas Stockton, Director of the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership, http://www.odihpn.org/report.asp?ID=2816

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