A ripple in development? - Channel Research
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A ripple in development? - Channel Research
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For donor governments<br />
Strengthen local level state effectiveness<br />
1. Donor agencies should be actively pursu<strong>in</strong>g a form of ‘<strong>development</strong><br />
diplomacy’, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the deployment of technical assistance <strong>in</strong> the<br />
field, identification of risks and bottlenecks <strong>in</strong> delivery, supplement<strong>in</strong>g<br />
pooled fund<strong>in</strong>g with targeted bilateral <strong>in</strong>itiatives where<br />
required.<br />
More long range analysis<br />
2. Donors should consider that the timeframes for relief <strong>in</strong> a phase of<br />
natural disaster reconstruction should be multi-year.<br />
3. Donors and governments should cont<strong>in</strong>ue to review procedures for multidonor<br />
trust funds <strong>in</strong> recovery.<br />
4. Donors should require that project proposals and the function<strong>in</strong>g of<br />
multi-donor fund<strong>in</strong>g mechanisms <strong>in</strong>clude conflict sensitivity analysis.<br />
Better targeted livelihoods recovery<br />
5. Donors should direct fund<strong>in</strong>g to basic needs and reduce the risk of<br />
further vulnerability (preventive approaches).<br />
6. Donors should create stronger policy dialogue and coord<strong>in</strong>ation<br />
mechanisms at the national level around the issue of support to isolated<br />
populations.<br />
More <strong>in</strong>tegrated area approaches<br />
7. Donors should consider that jo<strong>in</strong>t evaluations have been an effective<br />
mechanism to <strong>in</strong>crease local and regional participation <strong>in</strong> responses.<br />
Less restrictive risk reduction<br />
8. Donors should monitor the local level implementation of risk reduction<br />
strategies, and fund targeted projects where this is weak.<br />
9. Donors should conduct disaster risk assessments prior to provid<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>development</strong> grants or loans for projects <strong>in</strong> high risk areas.<br />
Better notions of capacity build<strong>in</strong>g<br />
10. Donors should consider fund<strong>in</strong>g personnel support programmes<br />
designed to improve the skills of specialists, assist <strong>in</strong> placement, and<br />
conversion.<br />
11. Donors should be sensitive to the time needed to accomplish effective<br />
and susta<strong>in</strong>able recovery programmes.<br />
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