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  Challenges of post-disaster development of coastal areas in Sri Lanka

  South Asia Citizens Web, 2005

  This document considers the question of post-disaster development in Sri Lanka and the issues it raises in relation to conflict, peace building and well being. The author argues that there is convincing evidence of social resilience and individual and collective initiative and creativity in the face of adversity.
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  Planning, monitoring and evaluation in the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD): a report of an evaluation to the Royal Norwegian Embassy, Kathmandu, Nepal, and Norad

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2005

  This document provides recommendations to the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal, for strengthening the development of an effective participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) system.
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  Local governance, urban poverty and service delivery in Namibia

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2005

  This report focuses on challenges for improved service delivery in poor urban areas in Namibia. It uses two town councils as case studies. The objective of the study is to identify viable approaches to the delivery of housing, water, electricity, and sanitation – the inadequacy of which all currently have detrimental effects on the poor.
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  The history of farmers' rights: a guide to central documents and literature

  Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2005

  This background study presents the findings of a comprehensive survey of documentation and literature on farmers rights. It is designed as a guide for negotiators, practitioners and researchers wishing to understand the concept and the potentials of farmers’ rights.The author does not provide analysis of literature but presents and summarises the material within four chapters.
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  Northern Uganda internally displaced persons profiling study

  Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2005

  This household-based study presents a contextual analysis of how internally displaced persons (IDPs) live in Gulu, Kitgum and Pader areas in northern Uganda, their displacement history and their views about the future.Some of the main findings from the report include:IDPs in Northern Uganda are extremely poor, with limited possibilities for cash income, almost no credit available, and v
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  Who takes the bullet?: the impact of small arms violence

  Norwegian Church Aid, 2005

  The report examines the impact of small arms and light weapons.
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  Maximizing the impact tailoring mine action to development needs 

  International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, 2005

  This report examines how mine action can maximise its impact on development by tailoring its approach to the specific needs of a mine-affected population.
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  The Commission on Sustainable Development: a study of institutional design, distribution of capabilities and entrepreneurial leadership

  Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2005

  This study evaluates what the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), which was established in 1993 in order to follow up the commitments made by member states at the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, has accomplished during its first ten-year period.
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  Results from an international stakeholder survey on farmers’ rights

  Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2005

  This background study presents the findings of an international stakeholder survey on farmers’ rights. The survey aims to facilitate a common understanding and develop an empirical basis for proposals to the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) on concrete measures to be taken to implement its provisions on this topic.
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  Drought in Norwegian water aid: a study of Norwegian water related development cooperation in the period 1999–2003

  Association for International Water Studies, Norway, 2004

  The report aims to provide a picture of and numbers on the Norwegian bilateral development cooperation within water supply, sanitation and water resource management between 1999 and 2003.

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