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  Public health and humanitarian interventions: developing the evidence base

  British Medical Journal, 2000

  During an emergency response, there is a tension between saving lives in the short term and promoting longer-lasting health systems development. An article in the British Medical Journal makes the case for expanding the evidence base underlying humanitarian aid.
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  The Moroto cross border peace meeting

  Institutional and Policy Support Team, AU, 2003

  This report documents the 3rd of a series of meetings dealing with the conflicts between the Karamajong, Turkana and Pokot pastoral communities.
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  Uneasy bedfellows? Modern law and traditional landholding principles in Niger

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  As populations rise in the Sahel and arable land degrades, is conflict inevitable? Why are reforms of tenure law, decentralisation and the creation of new land institutions failing to reduce disputes over access to and ownership of land? Could innovative forms of arbitration bring together stakeholders to settle lasting disputes and develop sustainable forms of natural resource management?
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  Plugging information gaps about Sri Lanka’s chronically poor

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Sri Lanka may have graduated from being ‘low income’ to ‘lower-middle income’ in 1999, when per capita GDP passed the US$800 hurdle, but poverty persists. One child in four is undernourished. Who are Sri Lanka’s chronically poor? Can they be identified through quantified indicators of income, expenditure or consumption?
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  Responding to displacement: Balancing needs and rights

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Over the past 50 years, forced displacement has been a major obstacle to development and the fight against poverty. Despite the efforts of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and others to find ‘durable solutions’ for those who are forced to flee their homes, attitudes have, if anything, hardened towards refugees and asylum-seekers.
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  Participation, self-reliance and integration: Sudanese refugees in Uganda

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  For many years, there have been calls for the greater participation of refugees in programmes meant to support and assist them. Has this been achieved in reality?
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  Emergency tactics: education in crisis situations

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Natural and man-made disasters cause severe damage to education systems. Could they also provide an opportunity to reshape teaching for the better? In the aftermath of complex humanitarian emergencies, can initiatives in peace education, life skills, democracy and human rights be woven into the rehabilitation of education systems?
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  Is the UNHCR doing its job?: Combining refugee relief with local development in Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Food and water deprivation, inadequate health and education facilities, prison-like restrictions on freedom of movement, ethnic and gender violence, ad-hoc justice and collective punishment: this is how Cairo- based refugee scholar Barbara Harrell-Bond recently described the plight of many refugees in UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) camps in Africa.
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  A troubling dilemma: capacity building in the midst of conflict

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  As conflicts rage, is it realistic for the international community to hope to build local capacity? Or should it focus solely on delivering assistance? Are current patterns of north-south interaction helpful in the resolving of humanitarian crises? Can we move away from the compartmentalisation of humanitarian relief into small boxes and short time-frames?
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  Peacebuilding: more than a buzzword?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  In Guatemala and Kenya, local NGOs attempt to end re-occurring violence and to promote reconciliation. Can their experiences help to produce an approach that will increase the capacity of local civil society networks to advocate for, implement and sustain peace? How should the impact of peacebuilding be assessed?

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