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    Between war and peace: land and humanitarian action in Colombia

    Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2007
    This Working Paper highlights some of the main land tenure issues in Colombia. It aims to look at how some of the humanitarian organisations in Colombia are responding to the country’s crisis, outline the challenges they confront, and assess the importance of understanding and addressing land tenure issues in humanitarian response.
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    Conflict, arms, and militarization: the dynamics of Darfur’s IDP camps

    Small Arms Survey, 2008
    Tensions in internally displaced person (IDP) and refugee camps in Darfur and on the Chadian border have given rise, in recent years, to claims that they are ‘militarized’. To date, little effort has been made to understand the dynamics in these camps, to mitigate the negative impacts of these dynamics, or to reduce the presence of arms and armed actors.
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    Building national campaigns: activists, alliances, and how change happens 

    Oxfam, 2007
    Women workers are an increasing part of the global labour force. However, they often find only poor-quality employment, thus, they are working, but remain trapped in poverty. No matter the context, many women workers face multiple challenges.
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    Sustainable rural livelihoods: a summary of research in Mali and Ethiopia

    Eldis Document Store, 2001
    What factors enable some people to achieve secure livelihoods and others to fail? How do poor households respond to changes in institutions and entitlements, and what is the part played by local, national, and international institutions in building livelihoods? This report summarises research from Mali and Ethiopia, which explored alternative routes to achieving sustainable livelihoods.
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    Role of women: urban-rural linkages and household livelihoods

    Eldis Document Store, 2005
    How important are rural-urban linkages to livelihoods in KwaZulu Natal? What role do women play in mobile livelihoods arrangements?
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    Afghans in Peshawar: migration, settlement and social networks

    Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2006
    How do Afghans living across the Pakistan border in Peshawar make their livelihoods? How important is cross-border movement to their survival activities? This publication reports on qualitative research conducted as one of three case studies of Afghans living in different parts of Pakistan.
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    A livelihoods approach to migration and poverty reduction

    Overseas Development Group, East Anglia University (UEA) School of Development Studies, 2003
    What role does migration play in maintaining livelihoods? How can policy and institutions enhance the positive effects of migration? This paper sets out to provide a livelihoods platform for new policy thinking about national and international migration, and to provide an integrated framework within which policy impacts on migration can be traced back to their livelihood and poverty effects.
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    Distress seasonal migration and its impact on children’s education in india

    Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity, 2008
    There are still many categories of children in India for whom adequate and appropriate strategies are not in place for their effective education. One such category are the children of seasonal migrants.
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    Economic implications of Mexico's sudden demographic transition

    American Association of Retired Persons International Section, 2008
    Mexico is in the midst of an unprecedented demographic transition that is changing the size and age structure of its population  Over the past three decades, lower mortality rates and higher life expectancies have been coupled with dramatically reduced fertility rates.
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    Climate change and displacement

    Forced Migration Review, 2008
    In response to growing climate change pressures on landscapes and livelihoods, people are moving and adapting. Evidence points towards climate and environmentally induced migration becoming one of the major policy challenges of this century.

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