ABSTRACT
Beneficiary-authored and -driven programmes have substantial advantages, but there is a lack of methodology to facilitate these processes. As discussed in this chapter, a tool for placing recovery decisions in the hands of affected households was trialled in the wake of the 2007 tsunami in the Solomon Islands and it showed significant potential for wider use. In this method, affected households were provided with a resource list from which they chose materials up to an agreed value which most suited their individual recovery plans. This became a key component of the overall effort to engage the tsunami-affected communities in their own recovery.
