Assessments

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The objective of this report is to describe the current status of water supply, sanitation, solid waste, and drainage infrastructure and services in Kabupaten Aceh Jaya, identify infrastructure needed to provide planned levels of service; and recommend infrastructure improvements…

by Cecile Duchet and Peggy Pascal, Groupe URD Women s issues are central to operational strategy and policy in the current reconstruction period in Afghanistan. Many development programmes are promoting a gender approach and women s empowerment but are these programmes…

INTRODUCTION Earthquake and Tsunami that hit Aceh province in December 26th 2004 but also earthquake that hit Nias in March 28th 2005, caused unprecedented devastation of housing, social and communal infrastructure and huge human casualties. Hundreds of schools throughout Aceh Province…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The objective of this report is to describe the current status of water supply, sanitation, solid waste, and drainage infrastructure and services in Kabupaten Aceh Besar; identify infrastructure needed to provide planned levels of service; and recommend infrastructure improvements…

1. OVERVIEW Papua New Guinea's population of 5.6 million is one of the most heterogeneous in the world, with more than 700 indigenous languages spoken by several thousand communities divided by mountainous terrain and sea.1 Approximately 85% of the…

prepared by The RISEPAK(1) Team at LUMS A. Executive Summary 1. An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 on the Richter scale struck Pakistan on the morning of October 8, 2005. It dealt serious damage to the districts of Azad Jammu…

1. Introduction Since 1978, Afghanistan has been severely affected by conflict and crises. The country was marked by the Jihad from 1979 onwards, and then by a civil war from 1989, which was particularly destructive in Kabul, the capital, from…

Case study of Roy-e-Doab district Samangan Province, Afghanistan Afghanistan has been badly affected by twenty years of conflict and more recently three years of drought (1999 and 2001). Since 2001, the country has engaged in a wide-sweeping rehabilitation and development process.…

Case study of Jalalabad City (Nangarhar Province) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Jalalabad: a resort town of change Jalalabad is one of the largest cities in Afghanistan. It is an attractive urban area for many reasons that are linked to its past history and its…

Based on IUCN Field Missions to NWFP and AJK November 19 -- 26 and December 4 -- 7, 2005 Executive Summary After its preliminary environmental assessment of the affected areas - through a field mission - immediately following the…