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This publication explores the different shocks and challenges affecting agriculture livelihoods, such as natural hazards, food chain and protracted crises. The report recmmoends the adoption of a multi-hazard and cross-sectoral approach, arguing that

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Since 1990, the Philippines has been affected by 565 natural disaster events, which have claimed the lives of nearly 70,000 Filipinos and caused an estimated $23 billion in damages, making it one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Typhoons

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This publication assesses the level of disaster preparedness of nurses in the Philippines. The nurses explained that they were neither prepared nor aware of protocols in disaster management in hospitals. Taking into account the above, the authors propose

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This reports analyzes the economic recovery of 4,000 households in the Philippines that were badly affected by typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in the Philippines and recommends improvements to the role of microfinance in enhancing the financial resilience of such communities.
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This study examines the institutional networks required to link processes of community-level deliberation to city and national level processes of decision-making and implementation, in the context of urban governance, community development and climate

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This case study highlights the UK's Met Office support provided to the Philippines Department of Science and Technology, and its National Meteorological Service. It presents project case studies (Heavy Rainfall pilot project: High resolution forecasting

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This policy brief outlines the core messages and recommendations coming out from the study that explored Christian Aid Typhoon Ketsana and Help Age International Typhoon Haiyan interventions. The authors asked community members, field staff, government

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This report focuses on the Adaptation and Mitigation Initiatives in Agriculture (AMIA) that are designed for the rice cultivation sector in order in order to help the Philippines to deploy climate change resilient rice cultivation schemes. This sector is

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