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  Guidelines on humanitarian negotiations with armed groups

  UN, 2006

  This set of guidelines is intended to provide concise advice and guidance to humanitarian practitioners on how to prepare for and conduct humanitarian negotiations with non-State armed groups.
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  Aid for trade - why and how?

  International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty, 2005

  This paper takes the position that the WTO’s Doha Round will promote development only if two conditions are met. First, an ambitious and balanced market access package in key areas such as agriculture or services. Second, an expanded "aid for trade” (AFT) package, both in general and with particular reference to the Doha Development Agenda process.
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  Using social transfers to improve human development

  Department for International Development, UK, 2006

  Scaling up investment in service provision and quality is necessary, but is not sufficient to achieve universal access to health and education services. Specific policies to boost demand and expand equitable access to quality health and education services are also required.
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  Counter radicalization: development assistance

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 2006

  This paper reviews current research and practice and recommends strategies for development agencies working in the Arab and Muslim world. It builds on the basic assumption that the realization of the Millennium Development Goals will be vital to reduce support for terrorism in the long term.
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  Aid extended by local and state governments

  OECD Development Centre, 2005

  This report examines aid extended by local and state governments. It attempts to give a clear picture of the coverage of DAC statistics in relation to aid provided by local governments: which members report and how much? Which members do not report and why not?
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  Tsunami response: a human rights assessment

  ActionAid International, 2006

  This report from ActionAid outlines how one year after the Tsunami, despite the tremendous efforts of local, national and international agencies, the rehabilitation and reconstruction process is fraught with difficulties.
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  Are donor countries giving more or less aid?

  International Monetary Fund, 2006

  This working paper looks at how the volume of foreign aid has increased during the last four decades, albeit with interruptions in certain years.
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  Aid allocation criteria: results based frameworks and aid to difficult partnerships

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2005

  This report describes the different factors that donors take into account when determining their allocations of aid to countries, with a special focus on those that do not achieve "good performer" status.
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  Aid project proliferation and absorptive capacity

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2006

  This paper focuses on how the donor community can improve the quality of foreign assistance. The author discusses the problem of project proliferation, and the tendency of developing countries who receive aid to become overburdened by the costs of administering aid projects.
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  Why do aid agencies exist?

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  Rather than asking what aid agencies should be doing, this article asks the question: "Why are there many and different aid organisations and not just one?". The article argues that the main role of aid agencies is to mediate between donors’ and recipients’ interests, or preferences, and that there would be no need for mediation when donor and recipient interests were fully convergent.

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