Haiti: Learning from Previous Emergencies

A partial listing of evaluation and lessons learned resources:

Drawing Humanitarian Lessons from Disasters (Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, Jan. 2010) [text]

Getting Humanitarian Relief Right: In Haiti, heed lessons from past disasters (Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2010) [text]

The Haiti catastrophe: Lessons learned from previous operations (ODI Blog, 19 Jan. 2010) [text]

Lessons from Aceh: Key Considerations in Post-Disaster Reconstruction (Disasters Emergency Committee, Jan. 2010) [text]

Lessons learned from past disaster responses and other information useful for the Haiti earthquake (Good Intentions Blog, 14 Jan. 2010) [text]

Myths and realities in disaster situations (WHO, n.d.) [text]

Responding to earthquakes 2008: Learning from earthquake relief and recovery operations (ALNAP, 2008) [text]

Selected Bibliography: Samoan Tsunami/Padang Earthquake (TorqAid, Dec. 2009) [text]

For more information, visit the following sites:

• Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP) (see esp. the Evaluative Reports Database under Resources)

• ReliefWeb: Evaluation & Lessons Learned search results; Monitoring & Evaluation documents

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