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  Workshop and policy forum on the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2004

  This paper reports on a conference on internal displacement held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 2004.
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  Rural development in Botswana

  Ghana Centre for Democratic Development, Ghana, 2003

  This colection of articles looks at the regional and social consequences of the high economic growth rate over the last twenty years in Botswana.The articles offfer: a general overview of development in Botswana the last twenty yearsa description of the livelihood situation for the rural households (including poverty and inequality issues)an anlaysis of the complex set of liveli
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  Food and trees in the village: economic development strategies based on food production and forest resources: a social accounting analysis

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004

  This paper investigates the social and economic effects of two different growth strategies (agricultural-led and forest resources-led growth) in a small village economy in Mozambique. The study uses using a Social Accounting Matrix methodology.
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  Hope in Africa: the role of the churches in the development of civil society

  Norwegian Interdenominational Office for Development Cooperation, 2004

  The aim of the study is to critically analyse what role local churches play in the development of civil society. The study looks at the civil society in 3 countries (DR Congo, Ethiopia and Cameroon), its magnitude and characteristics, and the role of the churches in connection with other actors in the civil society, as well as its relations to government structures.
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  Breakthrough for "the South"?: an analysis of the recognition of farmers' rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

  Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2004

  This paper looks at the influence of developing countries on international environmental negotiations, specifically at the negotiations around the 7 years of negotiation around the recent International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA).
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  Afghan refugees in Iran: from refugee emergency to migration management

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004

  This briefing paper looks at the current situation of Afghan refugees based in Iran. The Iranian government is preparing to adjust its refugee policy in line with post-Taliban developments within Afghanistan. At the core of this adjustment is a demand that the refugees return to their country of origin.
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  Biodiversity conservation, communication and language: is English a solution, a problem or both?

  Community-Based Natural Resource Management Network, 2004

  Biodiversity conservation is becoming a global agenda operating on an equally global arena. The name if the game is communication and collaboration across cultures and languages, facilitated by ICTs.
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  Breaking the conflict trap: civil war and development policy

  World Bank, 2002

  This report argues that civil war is an important issue for development. The report proposes that civil war retards development, but conversely, development retards war. This double causation gives rise to virtuous and vicious circles. Where development succeeds, countries become progressively safer from violent conflict, making subsequent development easier.
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  Ecoviolence: evidence for neo-Malthusian concerns, 1950-2000

  Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, 2003

  Demographic and environmental factors have claimed a dominant position in post-Cold War security discourse.
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  The devil in the demographics: the effect of youth bulges on domestic armed conflict, 1950-2000

  World Bank, 2004

  It is widely perceived that large demographic youth groups - so-called youth bulges - make countries more unstable and thus more susceptible to armed conflict.The paper explores links between youth bulges and violent conflict, and attempts to model under what conditions youth bulges can cause armed conflict.Main findings of the paper include:youth bulges increase the risk that a coun

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