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    From conflict to peacebuilding: the role of natural resources and the environment

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2009
    Conflicts associated with natural resources are twice as likely to relapse into conflict in the first five years, an imminent report suggests. Indeed the natural resource curse has been a primary determinant of intra-state conflict in terrible theatres of war such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Liberia. Yet it extends far beyond the battle to acquire precious commodities.
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    Who’s oil? Sudan’s oil industry

    European Coalition on Oil in Sudan, 2008
    Oil is a principal factor in Sudanese politics. However, rather than contributing to an environment of peace and equitable development, it remains a source of strife and division.
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    Water provision as a peacebuilding tool: Developing a conflict-sensitive approach to water delivery in Uganda

    Saferworld, 2008
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    Livelihoods, power and choice: the vulnerability of the Northern Rizaygat, Darfur, Sudan

    Feinstein International Center, USA, 2009
    Livelihoods in Darfur are intimately linked to the conflict. This document considers the livelihoods
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    Shifting sands: the search for ‘coherence’ between political and humanitarian responses to complex emergencies

    Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2000
    The early 1990s have seen increasing calls to enhance the coherence of political and humanitarian action. This report from ODI’s Humanitarian Policy Group examines the origins and evolution of the concept of coherence and its implications in practice. The report details the findings of a six-month study on the politics of coherence.
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    Advances in monitoring have not translated into improvements in humanitarian health services

    Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2007
    The field of humanitarian relief is relatively promising. Methods for documenting basic health measures on the local level have been developed and general health priorities have been documented. This paper in Prehospital and Disaster Medicine reviews the advances and shortfalls in data collection and use of health data that have occurred during health emergencies in recent decades.
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    Training guide for community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM)

    Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2008
    A significant gap remains between need and capacity for management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children. This is despite clear advances in the development and implementation of international and national protocols for the management of SAM, as well as guidelines and training for inpatient care of severely acutely malnourished children.
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    The economic effects of restricted access to land in the West Bank

    World Bank, 2008
    In developing countries, land often provides a foundation for economic activities in a variety of sectors. In the West Bank, it takes on a particular significance as economic activity is stifled by conflict and much of the land area is inaccessible due to Israeli restrictions on movement of people and access to natural resources.
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    Guidance note on early recovery

    United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 2008
    This guidance note has been developed by the UN’s Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Cluster Working Group on Early Recovery (CWGER) to provide clarification of what early recovery approaches entail. It is designed primarily for UN practitioners and partners working at country level on early recovery in natural disasters and complex emergencies.
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    Land tenure and violent conflict in Kenya

    Eldis Community, 2008
    The violence which followed the contested December 2007 Kenyan election was, arguably, an opportunity for historical grievances to be settled. This paper focuses on the land issue in regards to Kenya, asserting that land is a primary cause of conflcit in the country as it has been the crux of economic, cultural and socio-economic change.

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