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    Participation: rhetoric or reality in Ethiopia?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Are participatory partnerships a way to keep development effective and equitable? Or are they unrealistic and difficult to achieve? Is the ideal of equal rights for all at risk of becoming a mask for power relations?
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    World Bank and IMF agricultural reforms: contributing to famine?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    The focus of the UN summit in Johannesburg in September 2002 was ‘people, planet and prosperity’, yet at the same time, Johannesburg is the staging post for millions of tonnes of UN food aid. About 13 million people in southern Africa face severe food shortages and famine. What are the causes of this crisis and who is responsible?
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    What are refugee camps good for? The plight of refugees in sub-Saharan Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Are refugee camps good for refugees? Are refugee camps good for Africa? Is this strategy for dealing with refugees a successful one for them and their host nations, African countries in particular?
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    Facing an uncertain future: The Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    During 1991 and 1992, more than 250 000 Rohingya Muslims sought refuge in Bangladesh from persecution by the army in Burma. Since then the bulk of them have been repatriated, but around 21 000 refugees remain in camps under difficult conditions.
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    Is the UNHCR doing its job?: Combining refugee relief with local development in Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Food and water deprivation, inadequate health and education facilities, prison-like restrictions on freedom of movement, ethnic and gender violence, ad-hoc justice and collective punishment: this is how Cairo- based refugee scholar Barbara Harrell-Bond recently described the plight of many refugees in UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) camps in Africa.
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    Transforming the relationship between aid agencies and refugees

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Is the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) succeeding in moving beyond the traditional role of supplier of food, water and shelter, towards an inclusive, community development approach? Is commitment to a rights-based approach to provision of refugee needs simply rhetorical? Are refugees enthusiastic about the new approach and seeing concrete benefits?
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    Not just where we live, but how we live: addressing urban food and nutrition security

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Urban policy-makers in developing countries face a growing problem. By 2020, the number of people in the developing world will grow from 5 billion to 7 billion, with 90 per cent of this growth occurring in cities and towns. The sheer volume of people will compromise the ability of the cities to meet basic needs, resulting in an increase of urban poverty, hunger and malnutrition.
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    Closing the rural-urban nutrient cycle?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Fast-growing cities in sub-Saharan Africa challenge rural food production. Consumption- related waste, however, ends up in urban latrines, drains or landfills, transforming cities into vast nutrient sinks. Composting this waste for agriculture could bring ‘rural’ nutrients back to the farmer. But how might this work?
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    Supporting the poor: sustainable safety nets for the new millennium

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Policymakers have moved away from offering universal benefits to developing ways of protecting the poor against income fluctuations and livelihood shocks. What have we learned about the design, targeting and impact of social protection programmes? Should resource transfers be in cash or in- kind? Can we be sure assistance is sustainable?
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    India’s poor: untouched by poverty alleviation programmes?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    India currently spends US$5.6 billion a year on a wide range of poverty reduction schemes. Do they reach the poor and achieve their intended purpose? How do administration processes influence programme implementation? What policy initiatives might better support the poor?

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