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    Shifting sands: the search for ‘coherence’ between political and humanitarian responses to complex emergencies

    Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2000
    The early 1990s have seen increasing calls to enhance the coherence of political and humanitarian action. This report from ODI’s Humanitarian Policy Group examines the origins and evolution of the concept of coherence and its implications in practice. The report details the findings of a six-month study on the politics of coherence.
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    The forgotten states: aid volumes and volatility in difficult partnership countries (1992-2002)

    OECD DAC's Joint Learning and Advisory Process on Difficult Partnerships, 2005
    Difficult partnership countries (DPCs) are countries with weak policies and institutions, some of the most difficult environments for aid programmes, although they are also amongst the poorest countries. This paper summarises the findings of data analysis conducted for the DAC Learning and Advisory Process on aid allocations in difficult partnerships.
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    Operational approaches and financing in fragile states

    International Development Association, 2007
    Fragile states and situations are difficult environments most importantly for national reformers struggling to bring about peace, improved governance and protection of the population but also for the staff of the World Bank and other donor agencies who work to support them under difficult conditions.
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    Primary health care vs. emergency medical assistance: a conceptual framework

    Health Policy and Planning, 2002
    Primary health care (PHC) and emergency medical assistance (EMA) are discussed as two fundamentally different strategies of delivering health care. PHC is conceptualised as part of overall development, while EMA is delivered in disaster or emergency situations. This article in Health and Policy Planning contrasts the underlying paradigms, and the characteristics of care in PHC and EMA.
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    Advances in monitoring have not translated into improvements in humanitarian health services

    Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2007
    The field of humanitarian relief is relatively promising. Methods for documenting basic health measures on the local level have been developed and general health priorities have been documented. This paper in Prehospital and Disaster Medicine reviews the advances and shortfalls in data collection and use of health data that have occurred during health emergencies in recent decades.
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    Evaluation of ECHO's Global Plans 2000 and 2001, Democratic Republic of Congo: report on the drug supply

    Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2001
    The reality in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) today is predominated by a complex and chronic emergency situation characterised by intense violence and human suffering in most of the provinces. This report provides an evaluation by independent consultants of ECHO´s Global Plans (GP) within the country.
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    Round Table 7 on situations of fragility and conflict: discussion note – session 3: improving the delivery of international assistance for the reduction of fragility and conflict

    United Nations Development Group, 2008
    Over the past ten years United Nations’ (UN) peacekeeping operations have largely increased in number and importance. This short discussion note from the 3rd High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness highlights discussions from Round Table 7 on how to strengthen common approaches and improve division of labour among donor countries.
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    Public health in crisis-affected populations: a practical guide for decision-makers

    Humanitarian Practice Network, ODI, 2007
    A considerable proportion of humanity is currently living in crisis conditions. This paper by the Humnitarian Practice Network argues that never before has it been clearer what interventions must be implemented to mitigate the adverse health consequences of wars and natural disasters, and what standards those interventions must strive to achieve.
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    Post-conflict health sectors: the myth and reality of transitional funding gaps

    KIT Development Policy & Practice, 2008
    During the transition from conflict to peace, the limited health services that exist, mainly provided by humanitarian non-governmental organisations, often come under threat of contraction.
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    Improving the safety of civilians: a protection training pack

    Oxfam, 2009
    In 1991 during the first Iraq war, a destitute little girl in the holy city of Safwan stood in the middle of a crowd of displaced people with a placard around her neck: ‘We don’t need food, we need safety.’ She epitomised a shift in the understanding of what civilians expect from the international community and the role of humanitarian agencies in securing it.

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