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Give tsunami survivors cash not food, thinktank tells NGOs
13 Jan 2005
Source: AlertNet
AlertNet (LONDON) - Sometimes disaster survivors might find cash or vouchers more useful than food or shelter, argue researchers for the Humanitarian Policy Group of the Overseas Development Institute, a London-based thinktank.

Click here to read Tsunami relief and reconstruction assistance: in-kind, or in cash? by Paul Harvey

John Twigg and Richard Choularton examine the tsunami's humanitarian implications. Click here to read The Asian tsunami: The implications for preparedness and contingency planning

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