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    Humanitarian advocacy in Darfur: the challenge of neutrality

    Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2007
    Humanitarian actors claim to be guided by principles of humanity, impartiality and neutrality  - but does political advocacy in conflict situations compromise these principles? This policy brief investigates the advocacy role humanitarian actors have played in the Darfur conflict.
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    Commitment to Development Index 2007

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2007
    Since 2003, the Center for Global Development has published the Commitment to Development Index (CDI), an annual ranking list of 21 donor countries to assess the coherence of their development policies. In particular, the CDI assesses how much rich countries help poor countries build prosperity, good government, and security.
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    Tsunami exposes flaws in the international humanitarian response system

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    The scale of the humanitarian response to the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was unprecedented. For once, an international emergency response was largely free of financial constraints. But in the rush to achieve results many of the agencies involved fell short, particularly in considering the needs and abilities of affected communities and local institutions.
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    Unintended consequences: does aid promote arms races?

    Blackwell Synergy, 2007
    Military expenditure consumes a large part of government spending in developing countries and represents forgone spending on social development. The paper explores both the revealed motivation for military spending in developing countries and its effectiveness in deterring internal conflict.
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    Report on the findings from the UN humanitarian assessment mission to the Somali Region, Ethiopia

    United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 2007
    Somali Region is one of the least developed regions of Ethiopia. The population lacks access to basic services in a context of increased vulnerability and insecurity due to hostilities between the Ethiopian military and the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF). This review assesses the current humanitarian situation in the region and makes recommendations for action.
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    Helping the bottom billion: is there a third way in the development debate?

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2007
    This article reviews Paul Collier’s new book , The Bottom Billion: why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it.
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    Darfur 2007: chaos by design - peacekeeping challenges for AMIS and UNAMID

    Human Rights Watch, 2007
    This report provides a background on the Darfur conflict and the state of human rights in the region. The report argues that while the Darfur conflict is often characterised as an ethnic conflict between “Arab” and “non-Arab” African people, this radically oversimplifies and mischaracterises the conflict.
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    100 days: an agenda for government and donors in a new Zimbabwe

    Kubatana, 2007
    This report sets out an ambitious 100 Day Agenda for a new Zimbabwean Government. Although it is not known when a new Government will take office or what kind of government this will be, the paper argues that any new Government will face a host of extremely severe problems that have resulted from the policies pursued by the government of Robert Mugabe.
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    Corruption perceptions and risks in humanitarian assistance: a Liberia case study

    Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2007
    This study sets out to examine the risks of corruption associated with the delivery of humanitarian assistance in Liberia and how such risks can be managed and minimised in the future. This report aims to promote the more effective delivery of much needed assistance. The paper discusses the following:
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    Cash-transfer programming in emergencies

    Oxfam, 2006
    This manual is intended to support the implementation of cash transfer programmes in emergencies. It is based on the experience of Oxfam GB over five years (2000–2005) in a variety of disaster contexts. It argues that cash transfers may offer the following advantages over food aid:

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