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Consolidating stability in Haiti
International Crisis Group, 2007This document discusses the security challenges facing Haiti’s President, René Préval. It also looks at some of the successes and areas of weaknesses before putting forward recommendations to UN agencies, the international community, and the President and Government.DocumentThe use of cash in emergency and post-emergency non-food item programs: a case study from the Democratic Republic of Congo
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, 2007This paper explores the impacts of a pilot cash transfer programme in the Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The results of the pilot shed light on intra-household decision-making dynamics, the appropriateness of cash interventions, and the non-food items in demand by families in this post-conflict setting.DocumentPolitical complexities of humanitarian intervention in the Pakistan earthquake
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, 2007This paper provides an introduction to the main political issues faced by international humanitarian agencies following the Pakistan earthquake in 2006. The report argues that humanitarian agencies, despite pretences to neutrality, have fed into existing political fault-lines.DocumentLost in translation: managing coordination and leadership reform in the humanitarian system
Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2007This report analyses the operational consequences of humanitarian reform initiatives, and the interaction between them. It particularly focuses on the cluster approach and efforts to strengthen the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) system.DocumentThe gathering storm: infectious diseases and human rights in Burma
Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley, 2007This document sheds light on the factors that have contributed to Burma’s health situation and the spread of infectious diseases in Burma, and across its borders.Documentid21 insights, issue No. 66: Retaining legitimacy in fragile states
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007The 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.DocumentUsing aid to prevent conflict
Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2007This policy brief explores how aid can be used to prevent conflict by contributing to a fair distribution of resources across different groups in society. It explains why inequalities between groups, or ‘horizontal inequalities’, need to be addressed in aid policy, and sets out how this can be done.DocumentLast in line, last in school. How donors are failing children in conflict-affected fragile states
International Save the Children Alliance, 2007Conflict-affected fragile states (CAFS) are home to half of the world’s out-of-school population – 39 million children – yet receive only one fifth of total education aid.DocumentDisaster response, peace and conflict in post-tsunami Sri Lanka
Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Bradford, 2006This paper explores the role that the humanitarian community plays in the nexus between disaster response, conflict and peace. It specifically focuses on the response to the Tsunami disaster in Sri-Lanka and its impact.