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    Getting disease control right in humanitarian crises

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Even in humanitarian crises in remote areas, patients can be successfully treated using modern medicine. Examples from Ethiopia, Sudan, Sierra Leone and Russia show how disease control can work if adequate resources and motivated staff are mobilised.
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    Tackling climate change and aid in Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Climate change is already affecting many developing countries. In Africa, over 70 percent of workers rely on small-scale farming dependent on direct rainfall. Even small changes to weather patterns can threaten food security and health. These impacts present a huge challenge to the coordination of aid efforts and the design of development policies.
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    Reshaping education in post-conflict countries

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Conflict can devastate a country’s education system. It reverses efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals for universal completion of primary education, and for gender equality in schools by 2015. At the same time, rebuilding education is increasingly seen as essential to reduce the risk of countries falling back into conflict.
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    Agricultural rehabilitation: mapping the linkages between humanitarian relief, social protection and development

    Overseas Development Institute, 2006
    This paper addresses the question of how to support the livelihoods of rural people who have been affected by conflict.
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    Principles into practice: learning from innovative rights based programming

    CARE International, 2005
    Based on 16 case studies carried out by CARE International the report argues for the use of rights-based approaches (RBAs) when addressing issues of social injustice and poverty.The report lists 5 challenges that arise when applying RBAs: obtaining the initial support: support from government authorities and counterparts is needed to create the operating space, since many of the
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    Youth livelihood toolkit: preparing out-of-school youth for livelihood

    Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2005
    This toolkit is designed to identify effective policies that support the preparation of livelihood opportunities for out-of-school youth in terms of earning, learning, and skill development opportunities.
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    Aid does raise economic growth in Africa – indirectly

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Despite receiving large amounts of aid, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has a poor economic growth record. This has led some observers to conclude that aid to Africa has been ineffective. But this is not the case. Aid has contributed to growth in Africa, mainly by financing investment, which in turn contributes to growth.
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    Supporting livelihoods through agricultural rehabilitation

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Food security interventions in countries emerging from conflict should move beyond conventional seeds and tools approaches. They need to address vulnerability and support the agricultural component of rural livelihoods.
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    Peacekeeping in West Africa: A Regional Approach

    Refugees International, 2004
    Women, children and the elderly comprise the majority of persons who have fled their homes in conflict-ridden Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Ivory Coast, and are now internally displaced or refugees in neighbouring countries. This report examines the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations in these countries to assess regional responses to the crises.
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    Back to a future: youth pack 2003-2005, Sierra Leone

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2005
    This document reports on the evaluation, and suggests recommendations for improvement, on one of the components of the Norwegian Refugee Council’s (NRC) education programme in Sierra Leone, the Youth Pack. This pilot programme for 400 youth in four different centres, provides a combination of vocational skills training with basic academic and life skills education for 14-22 year olds.

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