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  Rights and responsibilities: resolving the dilemma of humanitarian intervention

  Oxford Research Group, UK, 2005

  This paper critically examines attempts to conceptualise the use of military intervention on humanitarian grounds, with a focus on the 'responsibility to protect' framework, and offers discussion of the way forward in light of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and the US-led 'war on terror'.It traces the history of the concept from its post-Cold War origins through to the UN World Summit of Septemb
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  Service delivery environments: the case of Nepal

  Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2004

  This DFID study examines the challenge of maintaining services for poor people in conflict-affected areas of Nepal. The report describes the different approaches development agencies have taken to supporting service delivery and draws attention to key issues that should be considered for future support.
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  Climate change, environmental degradation and armed conflict

  International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, 2006

  This article presents a new approach for assessing the impact of environment on domestic armed conflict by using geo-referenced data and small geographical units of analysis. It addresses some of the most important factors assumed to be influenced by global warming: land degradation, freshwater scarcity, and population density and change.
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  Cautiously optimistic: the case for maintaining sanctions in Liberia

  Global Witness, 2006

  The end of the transitional period and the inauguration of an elected government mark a new period of opportunities for Liberia. In this context the report examines progress that has been achieved so far and examines whether current sanctions should be lifted or not.
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  Vulnerability to climate stress:local and regional perspectives: proceedings of two workshops

  Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2005

  This report discusses the proceedings of two related workshops, which presented the findings of the project “Adaptation as a livelihood struggle: conflict and vulnerability among dryland populations in Kenya”. This research looked at how conflicts shape adaptation and contribute to vulnerability in the face of climate stresses, such as drought.
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  Agricultural rehabilitation: mapping the linkages between humanitarian relief, social protection and development

  Overseas Development Institute, 2006

  This paper addresses the question of how to support the livelihoods of rural people who have been affected by conflict.
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  Trade and conflict

  Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2005

  This report examines the theoretical underpinnings of trade and conflict, and lays out the debate on how free trade affects conflict.
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  Developing local capacity for management of natural resource conflicts in Africa: a review of key issues, approaches, and outcomes

  FRAME, 2005

  This research paper critically evaluates the key issues and approaches in community-based natural resource conflict management. This assessment is done in light of USAID’s recent framework "Nature, Wealth, and Power" (NWP). The purpose of the framework is to provide a clearer understanding of challenges and options regarding natural resource conflicts and attempts to manage or resolve them.
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  Sudan: prospects for peace

  Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford, 2005

  This collection of articles considers the current situation in Sudan and discusses issues surrounding prospects for peace in the country.
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  A complex reality: the strategic behaviour of multinational oil corporations and the new wars in Sudan

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 2006

  This paper examines the factors which influence the strategic behaviours of multinational corporations (MNCs) exploiting oil resources. The study maps the operations of eight prominent MNCs in Sudan since the initial exploration of oil, through its production, to the present day structure of the oil industry.

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