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    Darfur 2007: chaos by design - peacekeeping challenges for AMIS and UNAMID

    Human Rights Watch, 2007
    This report provides a background on the Darfur conflict and the state of human rights in the region. The report argues that while the Darfur conflict is often characterised as an ethnic conflict between “Arab” and “non-Arab” African people, this radically oversimplifies and mischaracterises the conflict.
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    Emergency capacity building project: ITR assessment report: global response September 2005 – March 2006

    Inter-agency Working Group on Emergency Capacity, 2007
    This report presents the assessment findings of the Interagency Working Group (IWG) collaborative capacity-building effort. The assessment includes the field perspectives of IWG emergency operations in Pakistan and Sudan. Key findings include the following:
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    ICT for disaster management

    Asia-Pacifiic Development Information Program, 2007
    The first important steps towards reducing disaster impact are to correctly analyse the potential risk and identify measures that can prevent, mitigate or prepare for emergencies. ICT can play a significant role in highlighting risk areas, vulnerabilities and potentially affected populations. This primer outlines the importance of ICT in managing disasters.
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    Disaster preparedness for natural hazards: current status in Pakistan

    2007
    This book provides an overview of the current status of disaster preparedness planning in Pakistan. It discusses the documents, plans and legal instruments in place and the institutions governing the implementation of disaster preparedness. Although Pakistan faces a number of natural disasters, the book focuses specifically floods, earthquakes, and landslides. 
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    Corruption perceptions and risks in humanitarian assistance: a Liberia case study

    Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2007
    This 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:
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    Cash-transfer programming in emergencies

    Oxfam, 2006
    This 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:
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    Peace processes and statebuilding: economic and institutional provisions of peace agreements

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2007
    During the past decade, there has been a growing international engagement in statebuilding and postconflict reconstruction. In this context, the World Bank and UNDP recently decided to make peace agreements one focus of their joint programme on statebuilding. This report presents the findings of a study commissioned as a first step towards achieving this.
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    Humanitarianism and the Muslim world

    Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, 2007
    The majority of those receiving humanitarian assistance world-wide are Muslim. This paper argues that insufficient attention has been paid to this fact, and that a closer examination is required in light of the West’s increasingly strained relationship with the Muslim world. The paper explores the subject through five lines of inquiry:
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    Children's security in post-conflict peacebuilding

    Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, 2007
    This document discusses elements of the post-conflict peace building process such as Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) and Security Sector Reform (SSR). It also highlights the importance of applying a security governance approach to the peace building agenda and introduces a framework for operationalising it.
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    Handbook for emergencies

    United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2007
    This third edition of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) ‘Handbook for Emergencies’ provides UNHCR’s non-governmental partners with detailed information on how to respond to emergency situations. The revised handbook includes a number of important updates including:

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