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    Horizontal inequality and communal violence: evidence from Indonesian districts

    Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2005
    Between-group or horizontal inequalities (HIs) have received little attention in the lively empirical literature on civil conflict. To an extent, this is not surprising given the daunting task of measuring distances between groups whose boundaries are typically based on non-economic dimensions. The main argument of the paper is that HIs seem to matter to violent conflict.
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    The Red Cross and Red Crescent climate guide

    Red Cross/ Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness, 2007
    The Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Guide puts forward experiences of more than forty National Societies who in the last five years have started to address climate change in their work. The guide aims to provide guidance and step-by-step approaches on how to address climate risks.
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    Assessing women’s political party programmes: best practices and recommendations

    National Democratic Institute, 2008
    This handbook presents the specific elements and approaches that are most effective in encouraging women’s participation and leadership in political parties.
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    Principles of aid effectiveness in everyday practice: Georgia and Indonesia

    Caritas Europa, 2009
    The intention of the study is to demonstrate the functioning of certain factors of aid effectiveness in the area of Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) by using specific examples - in this instance two rural livelihood projects.
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    Islamic Microfinance: an emerging market niche

    Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest, 2008
    Islamic microfinance has the potential to expand access to finance to unprecedented levels throughout the Muslim world where a large majority of people do not use formal financial services. Even where services are available, some people view conventional products as incompatible with financial principles set forth in Islamic law (Sharia).
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    Accountability arrangements to combat corruption: a note on research methodology for combating corruption

    Water Engineering and Development Centre, 2007
    This document provides information about the research agenda and methods used to investigate corruption in the infrastructure sector. It presents a combination of qualitative and quantitative research techniques to analyse corruption in the infrastructure sector.
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    At what cost? HIV and human rights consequences of the global "war on drugs"

    Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2009
    A decade after governments worldwide pledged to achieve a 'drug-free world', there is little evidence that the supply or demand of illicit drugs has been reduced. This digital book from the Open Society Institute argues that instead, aggressive drug control policies have led to increased incarceration for minor offenses, human rights violations, and disease.
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    The time to lead is now: the adoption of ESG analysis by Asian government pension funds

    The Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia, 2009
    Asia's pension funds are among the largest and fastest growing pools of capital in the region and their influence in the capital markets will continue to grow, especially as asset allocations diversify.
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    Ageing Asia’s looming pension crisis

    Asian Development Bank, 2009
    Due to population ageing, weakening of family-based support, and related factors, old-age income support is becoming an issue of growing importance throughout Asia. This paper provides a broad overview of the current state of the pension systems in eight East and Southeast Asian countries, identifying their major structural weaknesses, and suggesting some specific policy directions for them.
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    The role of the affected state in humanitarian action: a case study on Indonesia

    Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2009
    The Republic of Indonesia is a very large and diverse country, which is crucial in understanding its experience of and approach to humanitarian issues and disaster management. It consists of over 17 000 islands covering more than 5,000 km.

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