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Why should mediators consider the economic dimensions of conflicts?
Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Switzerland, 2009This paper summarises the case for greater consideration of the economic dimensions of conflicts in mediation processes – particularly those concerning natural resources.DocumentTrading conflict for development: utilising the trade in minerals from eastern DR Congo for development
Crisis States Research Centre, LSE, 2009This paper relays that the renewed outbreak of violence in North Kivu in the second half of 2008 saw the long running insecurity in Eastern DR Congo become the top global news story for two weeks asDocumentChallenges and priorities for global mental health research in low- and middle-income countries: symposium report
The Academy of Medical Sciences, 2008With mental disorders constituting a significant proportion of the global health burden, there is a pressing need for co-ordinated efforts in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) to address their impacts.DocumentAir transport and destabilizing commodity flows
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, 2009The air trafficking of illicit goods is a major factor in the continuation of conflicts. However, air freigt operators that have been identified in the trafficking of such commodity flows have also been employed to provide services for peace operations and humanitarian aid programmes.DocumentThe demographic and socio-economic distribution of excess mortality during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda
Households in Conflict Network, 2009This paper studies the long-term demographic consequences of the Rwandan genocide (1994) and, in particular, it analyzes how excess mortality was distributed in the population.DocumentInternal displacement global overview of trends and developments in 2008
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2009With approximately 26 million people internally displaced worldwide, the issue of IDPs remain one of the most serious challenges for the international development community. This report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) examines the 2008 internal displacement trends.DocumentCauses and cures of oil-related Niger Delta conflicts
Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, 2009This paper details the root causes and possible solutions to the insecurity raging in Nigeria's Niger Delta. The Delta is the world’s third largest wetland and contains nearly all of the country's oil and gas reserves. It is, therefore, vital to Nigeria’s fiscal viability and global energy security.DocumentClimate change and security
Egmont Institute, Royal Institute for International Relations, 2009This is a conference report which explores the nexus of climate change and security. It asserts that climate change is a threat multiplier because it exacerbates tensions and instability, overburdening already fragile and conflict prone states and regions.DocumentHealth care financing in complex emergencies: a background issues paper on cost-sharing.
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2003There is considerable interest in the introduction of cost-sharing as an element of health care financing in emergency and post-emergency situations, but many questions remain. This paper from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine provides an understanding of health care financing issues, and the arguments for and against cost-sharing in developing countries and complex emergencies.DocumentWater and war
International Committee of the Red Cross, 2009This publication looks at key issues associated with water and sanitation in countries that are afflicted by armed conflict and where the ICRC works. The issues are identified as health, displacement, detention, urbanisation and natural disasters. The countries where ICRC is working include Iraq, Haiti, Somalia and Yemen.Pages