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Neglected displacement: human mobility in Pacific disaster risk management and climate change adaptation mechanisms
2013This paper reviews laws and policy documents from 15 Pacific countries and territories, in order to analyse how:DocumentPsychosocial intervention in complex emergencies: a framework for practice
Psychosocial Working Group, 2003This working paper sets about developing a common framework that summarises key knowledge in the field of psychosocial intventions in emergencies in order to provide agencies with some tools’ for making decisions about the type of interventions they can implement.DocumentReflections on identifying objectives and indicators for psychosocial programming
Psychosocial Working Group, 2005Measuring the success of psychosocial interventions in conflict situations is crucial to developing an understanding of what makes programmes effective. Evaluation of psychosocial programmes often stays at the level of measuring progress and outputs (such as provision of services). What is crucial is to develop measures of outcomes and impacts.DocumentLife in the Nuba Mountains: humanitarian needs assessment in Sudan’s South Kordofan state
ENOUGH, 2013Sudan’s South Kordofan state has been at the centre of an armed conflict between Sudan Armed Forces, or SAF, and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, or SPLM-N, since June 2011DocumentInvestments to end poverty
Development Initiatives, 2013The end of poverty in all its forms is at the centre of discussions on global goals post-2015. So, it is essential to mobilise all resources and to focus on those, like aid, that can make the strongest contributions to the poorest people, so that they deliver as much poverty reduction as possible for every dollar.DocumentFinancing Disaster Risk Reduction: A 20 year story of international aid
Overseas Development Institute, 2013This report examines the record of the international community when it comes to financing disaster risk reduction (DRR). It investigates the priorities and asks questions of past efforts. It also points to the future of a more rational, targeted investment in risk reduction.DocumentBrazil–Africa technical co-operation: structure, achievements and challenges
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013Increasingly, Brazil is regarded both within and outside of Africa as a reliable development partner. The policy brief offers an overview of Brazil’s technical co-operation with Africa, analysing the way it is structured, its major achievements so far and the challenges it faces at present. Such challenges include signs of institutional overstretch and contradictions.DocumentWhat is Good Governance?
Women in Development Section, UNESCAP, 2010The terms ‘governance’ and ‘good governance’ are being increasingly used in development literature. It relates to the process of decision making and implementation. Major donors and international financial institutions are increasingly basing their aid and loans on the condition that reforms that ensure ‘good governance’ are undertaken.DocumentChina's evolving Africa policy: the limits of socialization - Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 2011China’s policies toward Africa have transformed dramatically in the last decade, and this evolution has coincided with important shifts in China’s institutional decision-making processes on African affairs. This journal issue presents new insights into how China’s presence on the African continent has evolved, what challenges it has encountered, and how this all affected thDocumentFirst steps toward a quality of climate finance scorecard (QUODA-CF): Creating a Comparative Index to Assess International Climate Finance Contributions
Center for Global Development, USA, 2013This paper seeks to enhance the development of common definitions and metrics of the quality of climate finance.Pages