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    DFID: aid, education and conflict-affected countries

    Save the Children Fund, 2006
    How does the UK Department for International Development’s (DFID) support to education in conflict-affected fragile states (CAFS) compare to their support to education in other developing countries?
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    Report on UNCTAD’s assistance to the Palestinian people

    United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2006
    This report from UNCTAD argues that the severity of the current crisis requires urgent, innovative measures to sustain and protect the Palestinian economy.Shocks to the economy following the January 2006 elections have included increased Israeli restrictions on financial flows and the movement of goods and people, the destruction of physical capital, Israel’s decision to withhold the tax and cu
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    Rewrite the future: education for children in conflict-affected countries

    Save the Children Fund, 2006
    Inclusive, good quality education can be a positive force for peace and contribute to the prevention of further conflict. Yet education – its provision and its quality – is neglected in humanitarian responses to conflict.
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    The limits of statebuilding: the role of international assistance in Afghanistan

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2006
    Afghanistan, following years of political turmoil, has been undergoing a massive reconstruction effort since US intervention in 2001. The focus of the development agenda was, as with other cases, on state building. Establishing an effective, transparent central state was considered key to the country's long-term development.
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    Guidebook to planning education in emergencies and reconstruction

    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2006
    This guidebook seeks to support educational authorities working to provide access to quality education for children affected by conflict and other emergencies. This guide is mainly directed at national, provincial and district managers of ministries of education in countries affected by emergencies or hosting refugees.
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    Aid instruments in fragile states: making the right choices

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Donors are increasingly looking to improve their aid assistance to fragile states - where governments fail to maintain their central functions and deliver basic services to the majority of their people. In these situations, the choice of the type of aid given (aid instruments) becomes critical and depends on the context in which it is going to be used.
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    Education in fragile states: capturing lessons and identifying good practice

    Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies, 2006
    The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) categorises fragile states as follows:deterioration (conflict/risk of conflict; declining capacity and/or will)arrested development (lack of will; moderate or high capacity)post-conflict transition (risk of conflict; low capacity; high or low will)early recovery (may be post-conflict or not; high will but low capacity).Thi
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    Rights and responsibilities: resolving the dilemma of humanitarian intervention

    Oxford Research Group, UK, 2005
    This paper critically examines attempts to conceptualise the use of military intervention on humanitarian grounds, with a focus on the 'responsibility to protect' framework, and offers discussion of the way forward in light of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and the US-led 'war on terror'.It traces the history of the concept from its post-Cold War origins through to the UN World Summit of Septemb
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    Destroy and profit: wars, disasters and corporations

    Focus on the Global South, 2006
    This publication addresses some of the key issues and challenges that accompany post war and post disaster reconstruction programmes.
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    Service delivery environments: the case of Nepal

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2004
    This DFID study examines the challenge of maintaining services for poor people in conflict-affected areas of Nepal. The report describes the different approaches development agencies have taken to supporting service delivery and draws attention to key issues that should be considered for future support.

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