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    Special issue of Emerging Themes in Epidemiology on survey issues

    Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, 2007
    This special issue of Emerging Themes in Epidemiology is entirely devoted to survey methods in certain 'difficult' settings, such as emergencies, remote regions without easily available sampling frames, hidden and vulnerable population groups, urban slums and populations living under strong political pressure.
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    Ensuring fragile states are not left behind

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2007
    This fact sheet, from the DAC’s Fragile States Group, summarises the latest findings on aid flows to fragile states. It places aid in the broader context of other resources which are needed if the challenges of state building and peace building are to be addressed.
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    Transparent budget support

    InWEnt – Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH InWEnt - Capacity Building, 2009
    General Budget Support (GBS) has emerged as a 'progressive' mode of development country assistance. Such a process accentuates the importance of partnership and ownership – rather than proscriptive policy; facilitates institution building; and encourages donors to harmonise their assistance i.e. avoid a multitude of funders disparately assisting a plethora of projects.
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    Weathering the storm: participatory risk assessment for informal settlements

    PreventionWeb, 2008
    Residents of informal settlements often bear the brunt of extreme weather and associated flooding. This guide is intended to strengthen participatory risk assessment capabilities for a wide range of municipal and development professionals and practitioners. It is also relevant to professionals involved in housing, social development, health, adult education, CBOs and NGOs.
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    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre: Enhancing Aid Effectiveness

    The Governance and Social Development Resource Centre provides a section on 'Enhancing Aid Effectiveness'.
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    A framework for assessing the effectiveness of the delivery of education aid in fragile states

    Journal of Education for International Development, 2009
    This journal article presents a framework for assessing the effectiveness of education aid in fragile states which is derived from three key aspects of aid effectiveness identified in the Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile States - coordination, state building, and ‘do no harm’.
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    Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver

    The Josef Korbel School at the University of Denver offers innovative programmes in international human rights, security, development, global trade and finance, international administra
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    Foreign aid, accountability and service delivery in Africa

    African Economic Research Consortium, 2008
    This paper argues that service delivery is important for attaining accelerated growth and human development and that resources need to be mobilised and be used effectively in order to improve service delivery.
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    Context-sensitive engagement: lessons learned from Swiss experiences in South Asia for aid effectiveness in fragile scenarios

    Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2008
    This paper was written for the High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, Ghana and critically assesses Switzerland’s long-term experiences in South Asia particularly in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The authors evaluate the work conducted in these countries, and distil lessons for engagement in fragile, conflict countries.
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    From Paris to Accra...will aid become effective now?

    Development Outreach, 2009
    How should aid be delivered? What processes should be employed to ensure that recipient countries can 'own' aid programmes? How can donors both encourage capacity building whilst being mindful of those states who have poor governance practice? There is indeed much to debate within the aid effectiveness agenda.

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