Combining Humanitarian and Development Approaches in Bangladesh: Using VRA and PCMA methodologies

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Publication date
2017-03-22
Subject
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Keywords
Water and sanitation
Vulnerability and risk assessement
Pre-Crisis Market Analysis
Livelihoods
VRA
PCMA
Country
Bangladesh

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam
Document type
Case study
Description

Many rural communities in Tala, south-west Bangladesh are vulnerable to environmental hazards including water-logging, arsenic contamination, salinity and cyclones. Pre-crisis market assessment (PCMA) is used to support humanitarian programming based on an understanding of daily needs, how these change during crises, and how local market systems respond to these needs.

Using vulnerability and risk assessment (VRA) allowed Oxfam to test the assumptions of humanitarian programme staff and provide a richer, more detailed analysis of the local context. The combination of PCMA with VRA can subsequently be used to facilitate better contingency planning to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of emergency responses.
Pages
8
ISBN
978-0-85598-940-8
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/620220
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http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/combining-humanitarian-and-development-approaches-in-bangladesh-using-vra-and-p-620220
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