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  From risk to resilience: Understanding the costs and benefits of disaster risk reduction under changing climatic conditions

  Institute For Social And Environmental Transition, 2008

  This paper evaluates the costs and benefits of disaster risk reduction in the context of climate change through an analysis of case studies in India, Nepal and Pakistan. The paper focuses on water related disasters and the manner in which they may change as a consequence of climate change.
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  Humanitarian agenda 2015 - the state of the humanitarian enterprise

  Feinstein International Center, USA, 2008

  Is ‘humanitarianism’ at risk? The humanitarian community is operating in a ‘changing’ environment which is forcing it to question its own notions of inclusivity and grapple with the fundamental issue of impartiality.
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  Standards put to the test: implementing the INEE Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, Chronic Crisis and Early Reconstruction

  Humanitarian Practice Network, ODI, 2006

  This paper identifies lessons from the early experiences of using the INEE Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, Chronic Crises and Early Reconstruction Minimum Standards.It first presents the case for education as an essential humanitarian activity, and describes the rationale for the Minimum Standards.
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  ETFRN News 43/44: forests and conflicts

  European Tropical Forest Research Network, 2006

  This newsletter highlights the theme of forests and conflict. While there is much international debate on security and governance issues, sustainable management of natural resources appears to receive inadequate attention.
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  Of broken social contracts and ethnic violence: the case of Kashmir

  Crisis States Research Centre, LSE, 2005

  This paper examines the conflict in Kashmir, arguing that the main reason for political discontent and resort to violence has to do with repeated infringement of the social contract by the central government of India, acting often in tandem with the state government. It first considers the theoretical debates concerning nationalism and ethnicity.
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  Jammu and Kashmir dispute: examining various proposals for its resolution

  Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2002

  India and Pakistan have fought four open wars, all stemming from the central issue over the control of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Given the fact that the security paradigm has been completely changed with the unveiling of nuclear arsenals on both sides of the border, this five-decade long conflict has disastrous possibilities if ignored.
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  South Asia: counter-terrorism policies and postures after 9/11

  Institute for Conflict Management, India, 2004

  India has been engaged in counter-terrorism efforts since the 1980s, having diverted massive amounts of financial and military resources towards addressing low-intensity conflicts that characterise terrorist activities. There has, however, been no coordinated policy-level effort to address the issue of counter-terrorism, and most of India’s reactions to events has been ad-hoc.
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  Rise of religious parties in Pakistan: causes and prospects

  Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, India, 2003

  In the October 2002 general elections, religious parties and two Provincial Assemblie (those of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Baluchistan) made inroads into the National Assembly. A conglomeration of six parties, the Muttahida Majilis-e-Amal (MMA) emerged as a new political force and a political alternative to the PPP and PML-Nawaz (PML-N).
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  Global survey on education in emergencies

  Women's Refugee Commission, 2004

  This report presents information gathered by the Global Survey on Education in Emergencies (Global Survey). It attempts to fill a gap in information about how many refugee, displaced and returnee children and youth globally have access to education and the nature of the education they receive.The report consists of three parts.
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  Conserving the peace: resources, livelihoods and security

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2002

  This book developed from meetings between conservationists and those in the UK government concerned with security and conflict prevention.The book is based on the premise that environmental mismanagement and resource scarcity, alone or in conjunction with other forces, can have such a destabilizing impact on communities and societies that they may experience high levels of insecurity and even s

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