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    Exploring rural livelihoods in Afghanistan: a study of 10 villages in Dai Kundi Province

    Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2008
    The main purpose of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of the livelihoods of selected communities of Dai Kundi, Afghanistan and to identify key areas where Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) partner activities could focus in order to help rural communities to develop new, improved and sustainable livelihoods.
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    Media and conflict Afghanistan as a relative success story

    United States Institute of Peace, 2008
    Focusing on Afghanistan, this briefing paper discusses the key issues on relating to media and conflict. It looks at the role of the international media, government communication and concludes with some key lessons in addition to policy implications for Afghanistan.
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    Promoting Gender Equality in the Aid Effectiveness Agenda in Asia Pacific - Engaging the Principles of the Paris Declaration

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2007
    In August 2007 representatives from 11 countries in the Asia Pacific region convened to examine the extent to which the guiding principles of the 2005 Paris Declaration have provided opportunities to advance gender equality and development agendas.
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    Rebuilding education in Afghanistan: the challenges ahead

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    More than half of Afghanistan’s children do not attend school, despite a 500 percent increase in enrolment in the past six years. What obstacles are there to school enrolment and how can these be overcome?
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    Second generation Afghans in neighbouring countries from Mohajer to Hamwatan: Afghans return home

    Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2007
    Currently, there are around 3 million registered Afghan refugees living in Pakistan and Iran, the majority of whom are now in their second or even third generation of displacement. This document reports on young people who have spent more than half of their lives in Pakistan or Iran and then returned to Afghanistan.
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    Analysis of the electoral legal framework of Afghanistan

    International Foundation for Electoral Systems, 2006
    This paper debates whether the electoral legal framework in Afghanistan needs to be revised and reviewed so as to utilise lessons learned from the success of the 2004 and 2005 elections.
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    No quick fixes: rebuilding health systems after armed conflict

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    In the late twentieth century, 15 of the 20 poorest countries in the world experienced armed conflict. This has had devastating social and economic impacts, with public health one of the main casualties. Relief efforts provide short-term help but how do countries rebuild their health systems in the long term?
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    The Pentagon and global development: making sense of the DoD’s expanding role

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2007
    One of the most striking trends in US foreign aid policy is the surging role of the Department of Defense (DoD). The Pentagon now accounts for over 20 percent of U.S. official development assistance (ODA). DoD has also expanded its provision of non-ODA assistance, including training and equipping of foreign military forces in fragile states.
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    Humanitarian agenda 2015: Afghanistan country study

    Feinstein International Center, USA, 2006
    The case of Afghanistan reveals the tension between humanitarian and military action.
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    The perils of being an aid worker

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    International aid work is a dangerous profession. Serious violence against humanitarian workers has increased in recent years. International humanitarian law and UN conventions designed to protect civilians, including aid workers, from violence during conflict are increasingly flouted. How should aid agencies respond to new security challenges?

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