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    Disaster-related displacement from the Horn of Africa

    Norwegian Refugee Council, 2014
    Between 2008 and 2012, 144 million people were forced to leave their homes by sudden-onset disasters around the world. The vast majority of them fled from floods, storms and wildfires and others effects of climate change. Most remain in their countries as internally displaced people, but many also flee across the borders to other countries.
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    Negotiations for a Nile-Cooperative Framework Agreement

    Institute for Security Studies, 2011
    The geographical configurations of the Nile ensure that all Nilotic countries are inextricably bound together by a common reliance on the shared waters of this great river. However, for too long, all of these countries have given priority to the pursuit of their divergent interests and their own agendas.
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    The Nile: from mistrust and sabre rattling to rapprochement

    Institute for Security Studies, 2012
    For the past century, there has been a climate of mistrust among the riparian countries over the development and use of the Nile waters. This uncooperative atmosphere has created a fragmented vision and led to unilateral development of the Nile waters.
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    Chinese economic and trade co-operation zones in Africa: facing the challenges

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    The idea of exporting Chinese special economic zones to Africa was adopted as an official policy within the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) framework at the third meeting held in Beijing in 2006, when President Hu Jintao formally announced the establishment of three to five Economic and Trade Co-operation Zones (ETCZs) on the continent as one of the targets of FOCAC’s 2007
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    The climate investment funds: in action

    African Development Bank, 2012
    The Climate Investment Fund (CIF) provides developing countries with concessional loans, equity, grants and risk mitigation instruments to leverage financing from multilateral banks, the private sector and other sectors. The African Development Bank (AfDB) is one of the five implementing agencies for the CIF concessional funds to Africa; this report is AfDB’s first semi-annual report on the CIF.
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    Innovation works:pastoralists building secure livelihoods in the Horn of Africa

    Future Agricultures Consortium, 2011
    Pastoralist areas of the Horn of Africa are experiencing rapid change. Markets are opening up, helping to improve livelihoods and generate substantial new wealth for local and national economies.
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    State of world population 2011: people and possibilities in a world of 7 billion

    United Nations Population Fund, 2011
    This report provides a snapshot of how a number of countries are facing diverse demographic challenges, ranging from ageing populations to high fertility rates, and from urbanisation to the emergence of new generations of young people.
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    Local governance and ICTs in Africa: Case studies and guidelines for implementation and evaluation

    International Development Research Centre, 2011
    This volume provides information on and analyses of e-governance at the municipal and the local level in Africa, thereby opening up the possibility of further research on how new technologies can be used to change the governance architecture in Africa.
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    Commercial destocking: a livelihood-based drought response in southern Ethiopia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    The 2006 drought in the Greater Horn of Africa affected 11 million people, including many pastoralists. Drought responses focused primarily on food aid, with inadequate attention given to livelihood protection and support.
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    Adapting to climate change – how do poor people cope?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Climate change will increase the gaps between developed and developing countries, in terms of wealth, health and food security. This will make achieving goals to reduce poverty more difficult.

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