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Vulnerability to hunger: improving food crisis responses in fragile states
United Nations University, 2008This paper examines the imperative for improved classification and analysis of food crises in different fragile contexts. Recognising the persistence and protracted nature of food crises, the paper questions how prevention and response mechanisms could be improved to help decisionmakers better address the underlying causes of vulnerability and hunger.DocumentSecurity, the War on Terror, and ODA
North-South Institute, 2007Is aid now used as a tool to meet geo-political ends? Has the focus shifted away from poverty-alleviation to ‘ensuring’ that, in respect of the War on Terror (WOT), recipient governments do not become unstable and a breeding ground for ‘terrorists’?DocumentPost-conflict recovery: resource mobilization and peacebuilding
Political Economy Research Institute, 2008In war-torn societies aid can play an important and constructive role in building a durable peace. However, are positive outcomes the automatic result of good intentions? Furthermore, are donors motivated entirely by the objective of peacebuilding?DocumentCommitment to Development Index 2007
Center for Global Development, USA, 2007Since 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.DocumentUnintended consequences: does aid promote arms races?
Blackwell Synergy, 2007Military 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.DocumentHelping the bottom billion: is there a third way in the development debate?
Center for Global Development, USA, 2007This article reviews Paul Collier’s new book , The Bottom Billion: why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it.Document100 days: an agenda for government and donors in a new Zimbabwe
Kubatana, 2007This 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.DocumentCorruption perceptions and risks in humanitarian assistance: a Liberia case study
Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2007This 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:DocumentCash-transfer programming in emergencies
Oxfam, 2006This 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:DocumentInternational organisations in Mindanao: to protect or not?
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, 2007This document explores issues surrounding protection and protection deficits from International Organisations (IOs) and International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs). Based on field research in Mindanao (Philippines), the paper focuses on why actions towards civilian protection vary so much and why some IOs and INGOs are more pro-active in protecting civilians than others.Pages