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"This annotated bibliography compiles both peer-reviewed literature, typically sourced from academic journals, as well as a range of opinion and technical resources drawn from agencies that have a humanitarian mandate. It is important to note that this annotated bibliography does not seek to present
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Haiti Beneficiary Communications Review
Geneva: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (2013), 35 pp.
"This report is an evaluation of the methods and tools used by the Red Cross and Red Crescent to communicate with communities following the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti. The study draws recommendations for the continued and more effective use of communications to engage with communities in H
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Online@AsiaPacific: Mobile, social and locative media in the Asia-Pacific
London: Routledge (2013), xii, 206 pp.
What We Learned Testing the Humanitarian Data Toolkit
Washington, DC; Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2013), 56 pp.
"In early 2013, the Internews Center for Innovation and Learning (ICIL) set out to pilot a new system that allows humanitarian communications professionals and responders to quickly gather, analyze, and act upon data to understand information needs of an affected population during a crisis. The syst
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Ann Kite Yo Pale: Let Them Speak. Best Practice and Lessons Learned in Communication with Disaster Affected Communities: Haiti 2010
Deep Insights
BBC World Service Trust; Internews Europe (2011), 88 pp.
"This publication is an important contribution to literature on disaster and humanitarian crisis communication. It analyses in detail the response to two major but very different emergencies in Haiti: the 2010 earthquake and, later that year, the outbreak of cholera. While humanitarian agencies stil
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Crowdsourcing Crisis Information in Disaster-Affected Haiti
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2010), 16 pp.
"The traditional disaster-response system employed by relief actors in Haiti concentrated on enabling information-sharing among teams of responders from the international community. This system lacked the ability to aggregate and prioritize data that came from outside sources, making it difficult to
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New Technologies in Emergencies and Conflicts: The Role of Information and Social Networks
Washington, DC; London: United Nations Foundation; Vodaphone Foundation (2009), 52 pp.
"The report examines how authorities and humanitarian and aid organizations can best balance the opportunities and challenges of exploiting different technologies at the key stages on the timeline of crisis—early warning and preparedness, immediate humanitarian relief, and reconstruction and long-
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Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in Mobile Use by NGOs
Washington, DC; Berkshire: United Nations Foundation; Vodaphone Group Foundation (2008), 59 pp.
"In this second publication in our Access to Communications Publication Series, the authors examine real-life examples of and trends in wireless technology solutions being used to drive change in the areas of health, humanitarian assistance, and environmental conservation. The compelling stories por
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