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Call Detail Records: The Use of Mobile Phone Data to Track and Predict Population Displacement in Disasters
Information about the displacement of people after disasters is crucial in determining the scale and impact of the emergency, and is vital for conducting humanitarian needs assessment on the ground. Methods to forecast or detect such migration are however very…
Briefings
Scenario Development
A scenario projects alternative ways in which a situation might evolve. It is a set of informed assumptions about a situation that may require humanitarian action. Building scenarios involves speculating about an uncertain future and envisaging different possible outcomes for…
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How Sure Are You? Judging Quality and Usability of Data Collected during Rapid Needs Assessments
The objective of this technical brief is to provide guidance on how you could assess the quality of information used as evidence for decision making during humanitarian needs assessments. It aims to assist analysts in understanding the distinction between sources…
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Estimation of Affected Population Figures
This Technical Brief is for assessment experts, information management officers and information analysts planning or implementing assessments in emergency contexts. It provides guidance on how to select and use suitable methods when conducting a population estimation exercise.This technical brief builds…
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Quick and Easy Guide: Assessing Information & Communications Needs Booklet
Humanitarian needs assessments are carried out to determine the immediate needs of a population following an emergency or humanitarian crises. Once an assessment has been carried out and data has been analysed, humanitarian organisations can make key decisions about their…
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Secondary Data Review Sudden Onset Natural Disasters
The aim of these guidelines is to describe the systematic development of an SDR during the initial days and weeks after a disaster. It is based on ACAPS’ experience in developingSecondary Data Reviews for a number of Sudden Onset Disasters…
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Demographic Profile: Using Secondary Data
The purpose of this technical brief is to assist humanitarian workers in using secondary demographic data in emergencies. It recommends building a context specific demographic profile based on available information. It proposes some rule-of-thumb standards, which can be adapted to…
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Rapid Humanitarian Assessment in Urban Settings
This Technical Brief is intended to be a starting point for improving coordinated needs assessments in urban areas, without which the humanitarian community will not be able to ensure the quality and accountability of urban response itself. It provides guidance…
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Lessons Learned: Social Media Monitoring during Humanitarian Crises
Monitoring of social media conversations in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake was found mainly to be useful in two ways: 1. Analysing public reactions to media reports: The data enabled the team and clients to see which issues were…
Briefings
Evidence Reviews
Questionnaire Design for Needs Assessments in Humanitarian Emergencies
The brief starts with an explanation of the main purpose of a questionnaire and the principles that should be followed to reach these objectives. Afterwards, the ten steps of questionnaire development are discussed. The brief concludes with sections on what…
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Severity Measures in Humanitarian Needs Assessments – Purpose, Measurement, Integration
Severity is a key parameter in humanitarian decision making. “Severe” is part of ordinary language; “severity” more institutional. We make absolute statements (“The patient is in asevere condition”) as well as comparative ones (“The townspeople are even more severely impacted…
Briefings
Scenario Building in Preparation for or during Humanitarian Crises
The humanitarian community often finds itself unprepared for unfolding humanitarian developments or sudden events: the 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti and the sudden spread of Islamic State areas of control in 2013 in Syria are just two of the many…
