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  Lasting wounds: consequences of genocide and war on Rwanda's children

  Human Rights Watch, 2003

  This report documents widespread violations of the rights of the child in post-genocide Rwanda.
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  Political Dimensions of Globalization and Equity in East Asia

  Global Development Network, 2003

  The paper examines the relationship between globalisation and equity in East Asia from a political perspective. Economic relations have replaced Cold War politics as the main determinant of state interaction in the region. Throughout Northeast and Southeast Asia, trade and investment liberalisation has been accepted as the key to accelerated integration into the regional economy.
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  Fuelling poverty: oil, war and corruption

  Christian Aid, 2003

  This report argues that for many developing countries, oil reserves are more likely to prove a curse than a blessing. Poor countries dependent on oil revenues have a higher incidence of four great and interconnected ills.
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  Education, poverty, political violence and terrorism: is there a causal connection?

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2002

  The paper investigates whether there is a causal link between poverty or low education and participation in politically motivated violence and terrorist activities.The authors found that:the occurrence of hate crimes is largely independent of economic conditionsthe support for attacks against Israeli targets in the West Bank and Gaza Strip does not decrease among those with higher e
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  Harnessing globalisation for children

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2002

  This report assesses the impact of the latest wave of globalisation on children.
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  Iraq, sanctions and the war against terrorism

  Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, 2002

  This document looks at the "new" UN sanctions regime against Iraq in the context of the fight against terrorism and offers some directions for further reflection with regard to humanitarian assistance and development policy in general.The author assesses the differing levels of sanctions applied to the 8 countries on the Terrorism List and the current state of thinking in different official for
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  Violent conflict, poverty and chronic poverty

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2002

  An overview of the literatures on chronic poverty and conflict, mapping out current policy debates and identify areas for future research.Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, over four million people have been killed in internal and regionalised forms of conflict. It is estimated that one third of the world's population is exposed to armed conflict.
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  Central Asia: drugs and conflict

  International Crisis Group, 2001

  This article discusses the serious affect of the drug trade in Afghanistan and Central Asia.
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  Fuelling war or buying peace?: the role of corruption in conflicts

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2001

  Corruption is endogenous to many political structures and serves key functions beyond the self-interest of public officials and politicians.This paper states that:corruption participates in political ordering and forms part of the fabric of social relationsconflicts may arise more from changes in the pattern of corruption, than from corruption itselfdomestic or external shocks a
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  The strategic significance of global inequality

  Jubilee Research, 2001

  Is there a "strategic significance" to global inequalities in income levels and economic growth, and, if so, which policies might the United States pursue to address those strategic concerns? This paper focusses on the scope and limitations of U.S.

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