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Summary

The main theme of this document is to learn from the previous relief and recovery operations.

This briefing paper provides a synthesis of and introduction to key lessons from evaluations of relief and recovery/humanitarian response to flooding in the last 20 years from Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The paper is intended for people working in relief and recovery operations for floods-those who have to decide if, when, and how to intervene. Selected reading references are mentioned after each of the issues discussed and a listing of key resources and a bibliography of the evaluations used are included at the end of the paper.