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  The Nobel lecture given by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2004, Wangari Muta Maathai

  Nobel Peace Prize, 2004

  This documents details the speech of Wangari Muta Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize winner, delivered in December 2004.Main extracts of the speech include:in this year's prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has placed the critical issue of environment and its linkage to democracy and peace before the worldthroughout Africa, women are the primary caretakers, holding significant responsibili
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  Study of the impact of the work of Save the Children Norway in Ethiopia: building civil society

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2004

  This report focuses on how the current activities of Save the Children Norway (SC Norway) have contributed to strengthening civil society in Ethiopia.SC Norway’s Ethiopia programme pursues the following six policy objectives:acceptance and understanding of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Childaccess to appropriate basic education, especially for girlsattitudinal change re
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  Study of the impact of the work of FORUT in Sri Lanka: building civil society

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2004

  This report examines the impact of the work of FORUT in Sri Lanka, in relation to some of the objectives in the Norwegian guidelines for strengthening civil society.In terms of FORUT’s capacity building efforts, the report finds thatthe resources spent on capacity building have not been adequatecapacity building efforts are not aligned with FORUT’s overall objectivesa series of
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  Study of the impact of Norwegian NGOs on civil society: FORUT (Sri Lanka) and Save the Children Norway (Ethiopia): some methodological issues: a report based on the initial phase of the study

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2004

  This report examines the wider societal impacts that are the results of Norwegian NGOs actions.
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  Study of the impact of the work of FORUT in Sri Lanka and Save the Children Norway in Ethiopia : synthesis report

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2005

  This is the fourth and final report resulting from a study commissioned by the Evaluation Section of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in December 2002.
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  Preparing the ground for peace: mine action in support of peacebuilding

  International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, 2004

  Mine action is an established part of conflict interventions but it’s potential role in peacebuilding, both during and after a conflict, is often overlooked. This report explores the interface between mine action and peacebuilding.. The discussion is rooted in case studies from Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Sudan, but also draws upon interviews and literature reviews from other sources.
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  Together for a just world: Norwegian Church Aid's policy document

  Norwegian Church Aid, 2004

  This paper describes the vision, mission, identity and values of Norwegian Church Aid.
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  Migrant remittances and development cooperation

  International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, 2005

  This report, commissioned by the Norwegian Development Agency (Norad), provides an overview of the development issues relating to remittances with the aim of providing a basis for making sound decisions on whether, how, and where to proceed with initiatives in this field.It examines the financial scale of the contribution which remittances make to developing country economies (particularly rela
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  Rural taxation in Uganda: implications for growth, income distribution, local government revenue and poverty reduction

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004

  This report examines the process of policy change in Uganda with respect to local government taxation.
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  The spectre of a "second tsunami" in Sri Lanka: what can we do to prevent a human-made disaster

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

  This short memo to the People-People Dialogue on Peace & Development (PPD) compares the impact of the Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka with that of two decades of civil war and argues strongly that an opportunity exists to link post tsunami reconstruction and development to conflict resolution and peace building.The author charts the rapidly changing social and political situation in the tsuna

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