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Understanding the importance of geographic factors in situations of conflict: ( H. Buhaug / Norwegian University of Science and Technology , 2005); This document seeks to examine the origins and dynamics of civil war by exploring the many possible functions of geography. Overall the paper tries to widen the understanding of geographic aspects ...
Insecurity and risk assessment of the situation in Afghanistan: ( H. Kjaernet;S. Torjesen / Norwegian Institute for International Affairs , 2008); This report examines Afghanistan’s regional challenges. It finds that domestic instability in Pakistan, strains in Pakistan–Afghanistan relations and insecurities associated with the US&nd...
Establishing long-term peace in Ethiopia and Eritrea: ( L. Lata / Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway , 2007); This document reflects the discussion and outcomes of the scholarly conference on the Ethiopia-Eritrea Conflict held in Oslo in July, 2006. The conference aimed to achieve the following objectives: ...
Should state-building provisions form part of peace agreements?: ( A. Suhrke;T. Wimpelmann;M. Dawes / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway , 2007); During the past decade, there has been a growing international engagement in statebuilding and postconflict reconstruction. In this context, the World Bank and UNDP recently decided to make peace a...
The struggle over Iraq's "southern" oil resources: ( Reidar Visser / Norwegian Institute for International Affairs , 2007); Almost all of Iraq’s giant oil fields can be found near Basra or in one of its two neighbouring governorates, accounting for one of the world’s greatest concentrations of petroleum weal...
Improving Norwegian involvement in Afghanistan: ( P. Bauck;M. H. Strand;M. Hakim;A. Akbari / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway , 2007); Norway has had an extensive development assistance programme in Afghanistan since 2001, as well as being involved in military activities as a member of NATO. In 2006, a decision was taken...
Reconstruction as modernisation in Afghanistan: ( A. Suhrke / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway , 2006); Afghanistan, following years of political turmoil, has been undergoing a massive reconstruction effort since US intervention in 2001. The focus of the development agenda was, as with other cases, on s...
Vocational skills training for youth in Sierra Leone: ( Norwegian Refugee Council , 2005); The Youth Pack (YP) scheme is a one-year pilot programme supported by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) for 400 youth in 4 different centres. YP provides a combination of vocational skills training ...
The situation of internally displaced in Turkey: ( Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre , 2006); This document assesses how the situation of internally displaced (IDPs) people in Turkey has improved since the missions of the Representative of the Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons ...
Returnee children in Liberia: ( M. Boas; A. Hatloy / Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway , 2006); This report documents the kinds of formal and informal work that children and youth may be involved with in the context of a return situation in a fragile or a post conflict environment.
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