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  • EM-DAT listing of disaster events in Jordan
  • Disaster statistics from UN-ISDR and CRED
  • Risk country profile from Index for Risk Management 
  • Damage and losses statistics from Disaster Information Management Systems
  • Disaster response and management data from ReliefWeb

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  • HFA Progress Reports, government plans, and government statements – http://www.unisdr.org/partners/countries/jor

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  • IFRC appeals and info bulletins for Jordan

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Case Studies (1)
Social cohesion between Syrian Refugees and Urban Host Communities in Lebanon and Jordan
 The Social Cohesion project – an action-research project commissioned by World Vision, explores the causes and consequences of tensions between refugees and host communities to propose better short and longer term solutions for humanitarian and development programming in the Middle East region...
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Preparedness for Effective Response
Preparedness for Effective Response (PER) is a cryclical approach for a National Society (NS) to systematically assess, measure, and analyse the strengths and weaknesses of its response system in order to take remedial actions. The PER approach puts the National Society in the driver's seat to...
Emergency Planning: Global Air Charter Logistics
Our Emergency Planning Division are experts in planning, executing and managing air support and air evacuations worldwide. Air Partner has been the trusted aircraft broker for multi-national corporations for over 50 years. We are the only company providing specific air evacuation planning for any...
Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2016
UNHCR’s new Global Trends report, the organization’s major annual survey of the state of displacement, says that at the end of 2016 there were 65.6 million people forcibly displaced worldwide – some 300,000 more than a year earlier. This total represents an enormous number of people needing...
UNISDR Annual Report 2016
The year 2016 was transformative for UNISDR - internally, UNISDR aligned its work in support of the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 with the organisational vision of its new senior management team. This resulted in the implementation of a new...
Finding Economic Opportunity in the City
This report looks at International Rescue Committe's (IRC) experiences in cash assistance and livelihoods programming in Lebanon and Jordan in the context of the Syrian regional response. It explores opportunities and challenges inherent to cash and livelihoods programming, identifying good...
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