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    Beyond the Arab awakening: policies and investments for poverty reduction and food security

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012
    It is argued that the Arab World has awakened, and it is time to take the next steps. This publication aims to inform and stimulate the debate on key policy priorities for poverty reduction and food security in light of the Arab Awakening. The report demonstrates the following findings:
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    Empowered women build healthy nations: findings from the CARE learning tour to Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    CARE USA, 2011
    On this unique two-country Learning Tour, a high-level delegation, including Congressman Jim McDermott from Washington State who helped lead the trip, traveled to Rwanda and the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to learn about the reach and scope of U.S.
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    Food prices, social unrest and the Facebook generation

    AgEcon Search, 2011
    Both recent and historic events point to a close link between riots and food prices. This article aims at providing a credible estimate on the impact of food prices on social unrest manifested in the form of demonstrations and/or riots. The paper considers monthly time series of the past two decades, focusing on the role of online communication (e.g. Facebook) in present-day mass mobilisation.
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    Evaluation and assessment of poverty and conflict interventions: lessons learned on measuring impact

    Mercy Corps, 2011
    Poverty is the single greatest risk factor for conflict. Research conducted over the past decade has demonstrated that low per capita income and slow economic growth drastically increase the chances that a country will experience violence and political instability. Little is known, however, about the causal mechanisms that link poverty and conflict.
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    Politics vs aid: id21 insights, issue 39

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Aid and politics have always been connected. During the Cold War, for example, investment flows, development efforts and humanitarian assistance tended to reflect the changing pattern of superpower alliance and competition. Aid agencies were caught up in the dynamics of this situation. Since the Biafran
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    The effects of a very young age structure in Yemen

    Population Action International, 2011
    Yemen has the most youthful age structure in the world outside of sub-Saharan Africa, with three-quarters of its population under the age of 30. It also has a very high fertility rate. Periodic terrorist attacks against foreign targets and its location as a base for al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula have highlighted the geopolitical significance of this country.
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    Social transition issues in Europe and Eurasia, USAID publications

    Social Transitions, USAID, 2011
    This document is one of a series of publications sponsored by the Social Transition Team in the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia on social transition issues in the Region.You may download the documents in this series from the USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse website (http://dec.usaid.gov), using the Doc IDs for reference.If you would like more information about these and upcoming products,
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    The impact of armed violence on poverty and development

    United Nations Development Programme, 2005
    This paper examines the extent to which armed violence and small arms and light weapons possession and usage, impoverishes individuals, groups, societies and states. The paper offers suggestions on how donors and agencies working in the field of armed violence and development can work better together to alleviate such poverty.
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    Yemen: fear of failure

    Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2008
    Yemen is the poorest nation in the Arab world, its location means it acts as a buffer zone between the Horn of Africa and Saudi Arabia and its president’s thirty year reign has been recently been struggling with a deteriorating security situation.
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    The impact of armed civil conflict on household welfare and policy responses

    Microcon, 2009
    This paper offers a framework for analysing the effects of armed conflicts on households and the ways in which households in turn respond to and cope with the conflicts. It distinguishes between direct and indirect effects, and shows that the indirect effects are channelled through (i) markets, (ii) political institutions, and (iii) social networks.

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