Nepal Earthquakes Appeal
Meta-Synthesis

Nepal Earthquakes Appeal
Meta-Synthesis

A meta-synthesis of DEC members’ and others’ work with the aim of learning lessons from the actions in Nepal for future disaster response, in Nepal and elsewhere.

6 March 2019


This study attempts to address three questions. The first is the benefit of hindsight - would members have done anything differently, knowing what would have happened in the three and a half years following the earthquakes? The second is enacting commitments from the Grand Bargain - what could be done differently to improve aid? The third is existing recommendations that have been provided from already-completed evaluations - what are the main lessons to learn? 

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