Displaced people and emergencies
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- Climate change and displacement
- ( E. Ferris / Brookings Institution , 2007)
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This report discusses some of the problems with the current debate on climate change’s impact on displacement. In doing so, it reviews what is known about climate change and considers alterna...
- A manual for the implementation of cash transfer programmes
- ( P. Creti;S. Jaspars / Oxfam , 2006)
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This manual is intended to support the implementation of cash transfer programmes in emergencies. It is based on the experience of Oxfam GB over five years (2000–2005) in a variety of di...
- Is support for the Taliban growing in Afghanistan?
- ( The Senlis Council , 2007)
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In recent months, as the situation in Afghanistan has worsened, the attitudes of ordinary Afghans towards the international community have shifted markedly and support for the Taliban has...
- UNHCR's 2007 handbook on responding to emergencies
- ( United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees , 2007)
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This third edition of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) ‘Handbook for Emergencies’ provides UNHCR’s non-governmental partners with detailed informat...
- Do people in the DRC prefer to receive cash or post-emergency kits?
- ( S. Bailey / Journal of Humanitarian Assistance , 2007)
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This paper explores the impacts of a pilot cash transfer programme in the Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The results of the pilot shed light on intra-household decisi...
- Responding to Iraq’s growing humanitarian crisis?
- ( M. Hayatli;H. El-Megrisi / Forced Migration Review , 2006)
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This document presents a collection of articles on the humanitarian problem in Iraq. Amongst other issues, the articles focus particularly on refugees and population displacement. The editors ...
- Challenging the currency of the 'environmental refugees' idea
- ( R. Black / Journal of Humanitarian Assistance , 2001)
- This paper seeks to go further in questioning the value of international policy-makers focusing on 'environmental refugees' as a significant group of migrants, deserving of the world's attention. It i...
- Migration too complex for pure environment argument
- ( F. Flintan / Engendering Eden, Cork , 2001)
- This paper assesses the relevancy of the concept of 'environmental refugees'. It begins by defining the term and discussing the four main causes of environmental migration:human-induced enviro...
- Preparing for the worst: responding to refugee flows in southern Africa
- ( Tara Polzer;Hernan del Valle / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002)
- In the build-up to Zimbabwe’s controversial presidential election in March 2002 the South African government, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees met to pre...
- Living on charity: all that a refugee desires?
- ( Shelly Dick / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002)
- Are refugees hooked on handouts? Do refugees who receive humanitarian assistance become dependent and passive? Should they be cared for in camps? Why do some choose to remain refugees when the aid reg...
