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  Center on International Cooperation, New York University (CIC)

  The Center on International Cooperation (CIC) at New York University works to enhance international responses to humanitarian crises and global security threats through applied research and direct eng
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  Peacekeeping in Sudan: the dynamics of protection, partnerships and inclusive politics

  Center on International Cooperation, New York University, 2007

  The inter-related conflicts and peace processes in Sudan present a monumental peacekeeping challenge.
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  Empirical forecasting of slow-onset disasters for improved emergency response: an application to Kenya’s arid north

  Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program, Cornell University, 2006

  This paper sets out to develop an empirical forecasting model that can predict, with reasonable accuracy, the expected welfare impact of impending drought. This work is based on a set of regularly measured variables from communities in Kenya’s Arid North.
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  Concerning accountability of humanitarian action

  Humanitarian Practice Network, ODI, 2007

  Humanitarian action is often criticised for being unaccountable and unregulated. In response, a wide range of initiatives has been launched to improve accountability, which reformers argue will make actors behave better and fulfil their responsibilities. This paper asks whether accountability measures are really the solution to the problems humanitarian aid faces today.
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  Unjust waters: climate change, flooding and the protection of poor urban communities: experiences from six African cities

  ActionAid International, 2007

  Six years ago, at the UN Millennium Summit, world leaders set a specific target for realising the right to adequate housing and ‘continuous improvement of living conditions’. However, in Africa climate change is already threatening that goal, causing massive rural-urban migration and bringing chronic flooding to the cities.
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  Special issue of Disasters: food security in Sudan

  Overseas Development Institute, 2007

  Disasters is a major, peer-reviewed quarterly journal reporting on all aspects of disaster studies, policy and management. It aims to provide a forum for academics, policy-makers and practitioners for high-quality research and practice related to natural disasters and complex political emergencies around the world.
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  id21 insights, issue No. 66: Retaining legitimacy in fragile states

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  The term ‘fragile states’ refers to states where globalisation and liberalisation have led to high levels of poverty and inequality, low levels of state capacity, vulnerability to internal and external shocks and the potential for domestic and international conflict.
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  Impact measurement and accountability in emergencies: the good enough guide

  Oxfam, 2007

  This document acts as a guide which presents some tried and tested methods for putting impact measurement and accountability into practice throughout the life of a project. It is aimed at humanitarian practitioners, project officers and managers in the field.
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  Children in emergencies: improving quality of response through capacity building

  International NGO Training and Research Centre, 2007

  This document discusses the increasing need for an improved response to children in emergencies. It specifically focuses on how World Vision has reacted to this through capacity building training to create a global register of skilled staff available for deployment in emergency situations worldwide.
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  Is there persistance in the impact of emergency food aid: evidence on consumption, food security and assets in rural Ethiopia

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2006

  This paper explores the presence of persistent impacts of two food aid programmes: the Employment Generation Schemes (EGS) and free food distribution (FFD), which were implemented following the 2002 drought in Ethiopia. It looks specifically at:

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