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21st Century aid: recognising success and tackling failure
Oxfam, 2010Recent critics of aid programmes have argued that aid is in fact the key cause of economic dependency, lack of growth, corruption, and even laziness amongst people living in poverty.DocumentClimate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis Handbook
CARE International, 2009Effective adaptation is based on a solid understanding of vulnerability to climate change. The impacts of climate change affect people differently based on their capacity to respond. What this means is that many of the factors which shape vulnerability to climate change have nothing to do with the climate.DocumentOverview of landmines and explosive remnants of war in Iraq
United Nations Development Programme, 2009The magnitude of Iraq’s problem with mine and unexploded remnants of war together with the socio-economic impact needs to be determined and addressed as a matter of urgency. As a recent signatory to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, Iraq’s committed to be free of the impact of mines and unexploded ordnance by 2018.DocumentTracking results in agriculture and rural development in less-than-ideal conditions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009While donors and development practitioners still lack a common framework of results indicators to measure the effectiveness of development assistance, this sourcebook sets out a menu of core indicators that can be used to monitor agriculture and rural development (ARD) at the project, national regional and global levels.DocumentCapacity development: between planned interventions and emergent processes Implications for development cooperation
European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2009In recent years, the international community has been emphasising the importance of capacity development for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and sustainable development in general.DocumentEvaluation of technical assistance to post-conflict countries-Mozambique and Rwanda
International Monetary Fund, 2009This evaluation of technical assistance (TA) in statistics covers two post-conflict countries, namely, Mozambique and Rwanda during the period 2000–08.DocumentExit strategy: leaving responsibly practical guidance document
Eldis Document Store, 2008When it comes to humanitarian and relief agencies leaving an area in which they have been working, it is important to ensure this is done responsibly and to link relief and reconstruction to development.DocumentExit strategy: closure planning guidance document
Eldis Document Store, 2007Closing emergency relief and recover missions should be considered as a project in itself and is best planned when there is a certainty and clear schedules for closing a programme. This document, originally conceived for the British Red Cross Recovery Programme in the Maldives, can also be used as a practical guidance tool for others about to embark on a similar process.DocumentAid reform: addressing conflict and situations of fragility
CARE International, 2009Violent conflict and ‘situations of fragility’ represent significant challenges for aid effectiveness. Applying traditional development approaches in an unchanged fashion in such contexts simply does not work. Aid can have unintended interactions with conflict both to exacerbate or mitigate violence or the potential for violence.