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Section 2 sources

Burns, S. and Cupitt, S. (2003) ‘Managing outcomes: a guide for homelessness organisations’, Charities Evaluation Services, available at: http://www.cesvol.org.uk/downloads/managingoutcomes-16-22.pdf

Clifton, D. (2004) ‘Gender Standards for Humanitarian Responses’, Oxfam GB (internal).

Feuerstein, M.-T. (1986) Partners in Evaluation: Evaluating Development and Community Programmes with Participants, Macmillan (adapted), available from: http://www.talcuk.org/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id=225&osCsid=ed7945aaa4079bfe51af4fb2413c4cc6. To order copies in bulk please contact Victoria Rose at Macmillan Education: vrose@macmillan.com

Gosling, L. with Edwards, M. (2003) Toolkits: a practical guide to planning, monitoring, evaluation and impact measurement, Save the Children, available from: http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/scuk/jsp/resources/details.jsp?id=594&group=resources§ion=publication&subsection=details

Groupe Urgence Réhabilitation Développement for ALNAP (2003) Participation by Crisis-Affected Populations in Humanitarian Action: A Handbook for Practitioners, draft, available at: http://www.alnap.org/publications/gs_handbook/gs_handbook.pdf

IFRC (2005) World Disasters Report 2005, available at: http://www.ifrc.org/publicat/wdr2005/index.asp

IFRC (2000) ‘Disaster Emergency Needs Assessment’, in Disaster Preparedness Training Manual, available at: http://www.ifrc.org/cgi/pdf_dp.pl?disemnas.pdf

Oxfam (no date) ‘Background Information: Checklist for Rapid Assessments In Emergencies’, (internal).

Schofield, R. (2003) ‘Do’s of interviewing beneficiaries’, Medair (internal).

Sphere (2004) ‘Common Standard 2: Initial Assessment’, in Sphere Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, Sphere Project, available at: http://www.sphereproject.org/content/view/30/84/lang,English/

Srodecki, J. (2001) ‘World Vision Use of Sphere Standards in a Large Scale Emergency: A Case Study of the Spring 2001 Gujarat Response’, World Vision International (internal).

USAID Centre for Development Information and Evaluation (1996) ‘Conducting Focus Group Interviews’, in Performance Monitoring and Evaluation TIPS, number 10, available at: http://www.usaid.gov/pubs/usaid_eval/ascii/pnaby233.txt

Walden, V. M. (no date), ‘Focus group discussion’, Oxfam GB (internal).

World Vision (no date) ‘Rapid child protection assessment form in situations of natural disasters’, (internal).

Further information

Cabassi, J. (2004) ‘Involvement of PLHA (People living with HIV/AIDS)’, in Renewing Our Voice: Code of Good Practice for NGOs Responding to HIV/AIDS, the NGO HIV/AIDS Code of Practice Project, available at: http://www.ifrc.org/Docs/pubs/health/hivaids/NGOCode.pdf?health/hivaids/NGOCode.pdf

Inter-agency Standing Committee (2006) Women, Girls, Boys and Men: Different Needs – Equal Opportunities: A Gender Handbook for Humanitarian Action, (draft), available at: http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iasc/content/documents/default.asp?docID=1948&publish=0

Inter-agency Standing Committee (2005) Guidelines for Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings (Arabic, English, French, Bahasa Indonesia or Spanish), available at: http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iasc/content/subsidi/tf_gender/gbv.asp

Jones, H. and Reed, B. (2005) Water and Sanitation for Disabled People and Other Vulnerable Groups: Designing services to improve accessibility, WEDC, available at: http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/publications/details.php?book=1%2084380%20079%209

‘Keeping Children Safe: Standards for Child Protection’, available at: http://www.keepingchildrensafe.org.uk

Mobility International USA (2004) ‘Checklist for inclusion’, available at: http://www.miusa.org/publications/freeresources/Checklist_for_Inclusion.pdf

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2006) ‘UNHCR Tool for Participatory Assessment in Operation’, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/publ/PUBL/450e963f2.html

Slim, H. and Bonwick, A. (2006) Protection: an ALNAP Guide for Humanitarian Agencies, Oxfam, available at: http://www.odi.org.uk/alnap/publications/protection/alnap_protection_guide.pdf

USAID (2005) Field Operations Guide for Disaster Assessment and Response: Version 4.0, available at: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/disaster_assistance/resources/pdf/fog_v3.pdf

Wells, J. (2005) ‘Checklist for older persons in internally displaced persons camps’ in ‘Protecting and assisting older people in emergencies’, HPN Network Paper 53, Overseas Development Institute, available at: http://www.odihpn.org/report.asp?ID=2758

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