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    Displacement and older people: the case of the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011

    HelpAge International, 2014
    Since the East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on 11 March 2011, recovery and reconstruction activities have been taking place. Due to unimaginable changes of circumstances, effects on the daily lives of older people have been dramatic.
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    The third wave of development players

    Fride, 2010
    The Millennium Development Goals Summit in September 2010 showed a third group of a new group of development providers has quietly entered the stage. Complementing the traditional DAC donors and the big emerging economies, the CIVETS group encompassed Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa, bringing a new wave of development partnerships?
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    Extractive industries, development and the role of donors

    Economic and Private Sector PEAKS, 2013
    Extractive Industries (EI) explore, find, extract, process and market sub-soil assets – oil, gas and mined minerals. EI represent a large and growing activity in many less-developed countries. But natural resource wealth does not always lead to sustainable and inclusive growth. This guide sets out the recent rise in importance of EI to less-developed countries.
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    The climate change agenda in Zambia National interests and the role of development cooperation

    Danish Institute for International Studies, 2013
    This working paper aims to deepen understanding of the climate change agenda in Zambia. It focuses on three features: It provides an overview of the disaster management and climate change framework at national level, it examines the role and extent of aid to climate change, and it discusses the interests of the central government in climate change.
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    US experiences with results-based finance

    Forest Carbon, Markets and Communities, 2013
    This report summarises some of the US Government’s experience with results-based finance domestically and in foreign aid, drawing lessons for REDD+. It also summarizes the US Government’s experiences with results-based finance for REDD+ and concludes by identifying some challenges to the US Government providing additional support for results-based finance for REDD+ abroad.
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    Exploring Climate Finance Effectiveness

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2013
    Ensuring that climate finance is used effectively will help to maximise its impact. The effectiveness of climate finance can be defined as the extent to which an activity attains its stated aims. These aims can vary, depending on the source of climate finance and how it is channelled.
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    Harnessing collaborative technologies: helping funders work together better

    Foundation Center, USA, 2013
    Many funders have begun to use technology to explore new ways of working together, from casual peer learning to joint funding and strategy development. This report is a story about how new tools - social networking sites, file sharing tools, crowdsourcing systems, data visualisation, wikis, and many others - are changing the way funders collaborate.
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    The economic engagement footprint of rising powers in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of trade, foreign direct investment and aid flows

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
    Rising powers such as Brazil, China, India, South Africa, the Gulf states or Turkey have entered the development arena through their expanding relationships with low-income countries (LICs) . A widespread perception is that these countries are establishing new forms of engagement, mainly under a South–South cooperation framework.
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    Humanitarian Trends in Southern Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013
    This research was prompted by a growing consensus on the changing nature of humanitarian emergencies towards increasingly complex drivers and inter-connected circumstances as opposed to single shocks. The research was carried out during 2012 by 33 researchers through four research hubs across southern Africa.
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    China–South Sudan: governance in emerging relations

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013
    China has been developing a more involved engagement with the government of South Sudan and its ruling party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM). Governance is fundamental to the nature of, and prospects, for China’s current and future relations with South Sudan.

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