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Disasters

Published on behalf of the Overseas Development Institute

Edited by:
Paul Harvey, Helen Young and David Alexander

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 21/38 Planning & Development
Impact Factor: 0.679

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Disasters is a major, peer-reviewed quarterly journal reporting on all aspects of disaster studies, policy and management. It aims to provide a forum for academics, policy-makers and practitioners for high-quality research and practice related to natural disasters and complex political emergencies around the world. The journal promotes the interchange of ideas and experience between academics, practitioners and policymakers, maintaining a balance between field reports, case study articles of general interest and academic papers. It also contains book reviews and conference reports. Letters and discussion are welcomed.

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Recently Published: Special Issue of Disasters
Food Security in Sudan
Guest Edited by Kirsten Gelsdorf, Peter Walker and Daniel Maxwell

In Sudan, the full panoply of global change processes is veraciously being played out, to cause crisis or offer potential opportunity. Which way the pendulum swings depends on how the main actors on the ground choose to react. Famine, food insecurity and the supply of international food aid have been a constant part of the Sudan picture since the late 1960s but does it have to be that way?

This special issue of Disasters contains a selection of the best papers presented at a unique forum, organised by the World Food Programme and the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University, and held in Khartoum in June 2006. The forum encouraged WFP-Sudan to think outside the box, to imagine alternative roles to the emergency-driven food-aid distribution which had come to dominate their Sudan operations in 2005/6.

WFP, along with the government of Sudan, is positioned to set an international example of what can be done with the tools at their disposal, to seize this opportunity and build a 21st century approach to the alleviation of food insecurity - to save lives and livelihoods. The papers in this special issue examine why such an approach is desperately needed and how it might be achieved.

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Free Articles from Disasters
We are pleased to offer the introduction and all articles from the Disasters part-theme issue free online. Click on the following links to read them:

Editorial: Mini Special Issue on Cash Transfers
Paul Harvey

Implementing Cash for Work Programmes in Post-Tsunami Aceh: Experiences and Lessons Learned
Shannon Doocy, Michael Gabriel, Sean Collins, Courtland Robinson, Peter Stevenson 

Cash-Based Interventions: Lessons from Southern Somalia
Hanna Mattinen, Kate Ogden

Does Money Work? Cash Transfers to Ex-combatants in Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration Processes
Sigrid Willibald

To view the online table of contents for the Disasters part-theme issue click here

Free Articles from Development Policy Review
We are pleased to offer the introduction and a key article from the Development Policy Review theme issue free online. Click on the links below to read them:

Introduction: Cash Transfers: Panacea for Poverty Reduction or Money Down the Drain?
John Farrington, Rachel Slater

Reducing Child Poverty with Cash Transfers: A Sure Thing?
Armando Barrientos, Jocelyn DeJong

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Free online access to this journal is available within institutions in the developing world through the HINARI initiative with the World Health Organization (WHO), the AGORA initiative with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the OARE Initiative (Online Access to Research in the Environment) with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

TopHighlights

Preparedness for Emergency Response: Guidelines for the Emergency Planning Process
Ronald Perry and Michael Lindell

Birthing Sphere
Peter Walker and Susan Purdin

An Exploratory Comparison of Disasters, Riots and Terrorist Acts
Lori Peek and Jeannette Sutton

The Future of Humanitarian Action: Mapping the Implications of Iraq and Other Recent Crises
Antonio Donini, Larry Minear and Peter Walker

From Disaster to Sustainable Civil Society: The Kobe Experience
Rajib Shaw and Katsuihciro Goda

HIV/AIDS among Conflict-affected and Displaced Populations: Dispelling Myths and Taking Action
Paul Spiegel

Humanitarian Action and Military Intervention: Temptations and Possibilities
Fabrice Weissman and Roger Leverdier

Previous special issues include:

Cash Transfers
Joint Theme Issue of Development Policy Review and Disasters 
Disasters - Volume 30, issue 3, September 2006
Development Policy Review - Volume 25, issue 5, September 2006

Natural Disasters and Climate Change
Guest Editors: Madeleen Helmer and Dorothea Hilhorst
Volume 30, Issue 1, March 2006

Food Security in Complex Emergencies
Published in association with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Agricultural and Development Economics Division (ESA)
Guest Editors: Luca Alinovi, Günter Hemrich and Jacky Sutton 
Volume 29, Issue s1, June 2005

Reproductive Health and Conflict: Experiences from the Field
Guest Editors: Therese McGinn and Susan Purdin
Volume 28, Number 3, September 2004

The Sphere Project: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response
Guest Editors: Helen Young and Paul Harvey
Volume 28, Number 2, June 2004 

Beyond Seeds and Tools: Effective Support to Farmers in Emergencies
Guest Editors: Catherine Longley and Louise Sperling
Volume 26, Number 4, December 2002

Emerging Perspectives on Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness
Guest Editors: Ian Christoplos and John Mitchell
Volume 25, Number 3, September 2001