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  Tackling poverty by reducing armed violence: recommendations from a Wilton Park Workshop

  Department for International Development, UK, 2003

  This paper reports on a DFID sponsored conference at which small arms experts and development agency representatives discussed ways and means of integrating arms controls into development policy and programmes.Key findings and recommendations that emerged from that workshop include:small arms availability and use is a development issue but more needs to be done to document its impact on
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  Economic imperative for peace in Sri Lanka

  International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2003

  What is the relationship between economic growth and ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka?
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  Selling timber or nature? Reconciling forestry and tourism in Mexico

  E-review of Tourism Research, 2003

  This short paper describes research is based on a comparative case study of two communities in southern Mexico: Santa Catarina Ixtepeji and Santa Maria Yavesia in the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca.
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  War and underdevelopment: challenges of the new humanitarianism

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Is underdevelopment, and the exclusion and destabilisation of developing countries it brings in its wake, a global security threat? How do development policy and conflict analysis dovetail to meet post-Cold War challenges? What can we learn from international responses to the internal and regional conflicts of recent years?
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  Regional effects of terrorism on tourism: evidence from three Mediterranean countries

  Center for European Integration Studies, 2001

  This paper explores the regional effects of terrorism on competitors’ market shares in tourism sector where countries enjoy significant tourism activities but are subject to a high frequency of terrorist attacks.
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  Forest Use and Soil Quality [Newsletter]

  European Tropical Forest Research Network, 2003

  The theme of this newsletter - forest use and soil quality - and particularly the effect of forest plantations on the soil - touches on the sustainable use of soil and water resources, biological diversity, and carbon sources and sinks.These links are explored in the introductory article.
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  Ethnic conflict, institutions and the tragedy of the commons: when human diversity hinders economic growth: empirical evidence from a sample of African countries

  Eldis Document Store, 2003

  This paper analyses the effect of ethnic conflict on economic growth.
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  Inequality of child mortality among ethnic groups in sub-Saharan Africa

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2000

  Accounts by journalists of wars in several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 1990s have raised concern that ethnic cleavages and overlapping religious and racial affiliations may widen the inequalities in health and survival among ethnic groups throughout the region, particularly among children.
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  Peacebuilding: lessons for Afghanistan

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2002

  This report examines lessons from previous peacebuilding efforts in Afghanistan, and from other countries, in order to highlight issues of central relevance for the present phase of peacebuilding and economic recovery.The report consists of two papers commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It argues that the most promising strategy is to strengthen national institutions.
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  The process of institution building to facilitate local biodiversity management

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2002

  This paper examines theoretical approaches and practical experiences on local participation and the use of local institutions to improve biodiversity management.

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