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    Assessing basic socio-economic indicators in Northern Lebanon: RAP for planning the development of vulnerable communities

    International Organization for Migration, 2010
    This report presents the living conditions of 2000 households in Northern Lebanon in an effort to explore opportunities for their development, especially taking into account their demands. This report consists of demographic, socio-economic, educational, and health status information that will be used to identify areas where targeted interventions and policy changes can have the greatest i
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    Internal displacement: global overview of trends and developments in 2009

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2010
    This document provides a comprehensive review of the 2009 situation of internally displaced people (IDPs). The paper aims to provide information on these different situations from regional and country-specific perspectives, while providing an analysis of the different situations of IDPs globally.
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    Trends in electoral violence in Sub-Saharan Africa

    United States Institute of Peace, 2010
    In Africa, conflict and tension during elections are common occurrences - many of these new democracies find it difficult to manage political opposition. The management of the tensions can determine whether an election proceeds peacefully versus one that degenerates into violence.
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    Burundi: long-term IDPs need land security: a profile of the internal displacement situation

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2009
    The security situation in Burundi improved markedly after the last rebel group in the country laid down its arms at the end of 2008. However, a significant number of internally displaced people (IDPs) remain in sites in northern and central Burundi. This report explores the situations and needs of those Burundian IDPs and argues that long-term IDPs need land security.
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    Myanmar: increasing displacement as fighting resumes in the East: a profile of the internal displacement situation

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2010
    This report documents the human rights violations against the people of Myanmar. It provides information on the political background, causes of displacement, and information by state. It also discusses patterns of displacement, phsical security and freedom of movement, subsistence needs, access to education, and national and international responses.
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    Understanding current xenophobic attacks and how South Africa can move forward

    Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa, 2008
    This article is a record of a presentation made by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) to the South African Parliament. In the aftermath of the xenophobic violence of 2008 CSVR was mandated by the South African Human RIghts Commission to coordinate the CSO humanitarian response to the displaced victims.
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    Women, men and gun violence: options for action

    Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Switzerland, 2005
    This article, 'Women, men and gun violence: options for action', forms part of a larger publication on directions for the reduction of small arms control. In this piece the authors emphasise a gender equity approach to reduce risks and bolster resilience to insecurity and violence. A number of issues are explored such as:
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    The Global Armed Violence Prevention Programme (AVVP)

    World Health Organization, 2005
    This programme seeks to provide a broad variety of interventions, in a number of settings, as a complement to the security sector reform approach.
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    Internal displacement in Iraq: the process of working toward durable solutions

    Brookings Institution, 2009
    With increased levels of security in Iraq in 2008-9, displaced persons have begun to make decisions about their future, and the number of displaced Iraqis making settlement decisions is expected to increase. This research seeks to figure out how the government of Iraq can advance the process of achieving durable solutions to displacement.
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    “Let us eat airtime”: youth identity and ‘xenophobic’ violence in a low-income neighbourhood in Cape Town

    Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2009
    This paper was as a result of a survey which was carried out in South Africa to demonstrate how the scarcity of food may have resulted in the May 2008 violence. The author analyses how social identities and divisions function among South Africans and how groups’ positions were understood, by participants, in the context of the broader society. He then discusses terms such as:

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