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    Tsunami victims’ perceptions of the proposed buffer zone and its implications in eastern Sri Lanka

    South Asia Citizens Web, 2005
    This paper examines local perceptions of the proposed 200 meter buffer zone along Sri Lanka's coast, following the devastation of the Indian Ocean tsunami. The government’s decision was taken under a state of Emergency and without any consultation with the victims, their representatives, or professionals in this area.
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    Guidelines for the evaluation of post disaster programmes

    United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2001
    This guide is part of a series that draws upon UNCHS (Habitat)ís experience in the field of post disaster management and local governance.
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    Gender mainstreaming in disaster reduction

    United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, 2002
    This paper examines the gender dynamics of disasters, and advocates gender sensitive planning and programming to prevent and respond to disasters. The authors propose that a balanced and equal participation of both women and men in formulating and implementing policies and programmes will facilitating utilising the maximum talent available.
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    Gender- and conflict-sensitive program management

    Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2004
    The Conflict Prevention and Transformation division of the Swiss Development Agency has launched a process called Conflict Sensitive Programme Management. (CSPM) This is meant to help SDC programmes to contribute more consciously and effectively towards non-violent conflict resolution and peacebuilding.
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    Measuring the impact of humanitarian aid: a review of current practice

    Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2004
    This report aims to give an overview of current approaches and challenges to measuring the impact of humanitarian aid.
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    Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2002: toward pro-poor policies: aid, institutions and globalization

    Adapting to Change [The World Bank Group], 2004
    This report presents numerous papers from the Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, held in June 2002, in Oslo, Norway.The report contains papers on aid, institutions and globalization, providing a general overview of links between poverty, inequality and growth.
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    Aid and conflict: the policy coherence challenge

    WIDER Conference on Making Peace Work, 2004
    This paper explores the security dimensions of policy coherence for development (PCD) work, arguing that the future of aid lies in the intersection between security and development. Illustrating the interlinkages between security and development, the paper reports that there is growing evidence of a two-way causality.
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    The politics of poverty: aid in the new cold war

    Christian Aid, 2004
    This report sets out mistakes that have been made in the past in relation to the politicisation of aid. Based on case studies in Afghanistan and Uganda, it also shows how they are being repeated. The authors argue that the growing politicisation of aid threatens to obscure the goal of poverty reduction.

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