– Activities within a financial institution to ensure that holdings of liquid assets (e.g. cash, bank deposits and other financial assets) are sufficient to meet its obligations as they fall due, inc [..]

 – One of the three "durable solutions" sought for refugees (voluntary repatriation, local integration, third-country resettlement). When voluntary return to their home country is no [..]

 – Interventions designed to prevent the sale or consumption of productive assets after a disaster by transferring cash or assets (e.g., vouchers, food aid) to disaster victims. Also may include activ [..]

 – Short-term temporary employment usually lasting no more than six months, often focused on post-disaster reconstruction or other similar temporary jobs such as harvesting. Laborers are paid in short [..]

 – Cash transfers often provided to victims of natural disasters to assist with asset replacement and rebuilding. The challenge for relief agencies and microfinance providers is to design these interv [..]

 – Specific efforts that households employ to address disruptions to their sources of income. Common examples of potentially negative coping strategies include reducing daily food intake, consuming ch [..]

 – An applied science that seeks, by systematic observation and analysis of disasters, to improve measures relating to prevention, mitigation, preparedness, emergency response and recovery.

 – Steps taken to mitigate the effects of a potential disaster before it occurs. The aim is to build institutional and management capacity to respond effectively in times of crises. This includes poli [..]

 – Both short and long-term activities that attempt to normalize social, economic and environmental conditions after a disaster.

 – Actions taken during and immediately after a disaster to try to minimize the negative impacts of the crisis.