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    Guidance for Evaluating Humanitarian Assistance in Complex Emergencies

    OECD Development Co-operation Directorate: DAC Guidelines, 1999
    Guide aimed at those involved in the commissioning, design and management of evaluations of humanitarian assistance programmes principally within donor organisations but is also likely to be of use to UN agencies, NGOs and other organisations involved in the provision of humanitarian assistance.It is not intended as an exhaustive guide as specialised texts are available, but to complement the e
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    Can institutions resolve ethnic conflict?

    Economic Growth Project, World Bank, 2000
    Paper finds that institutional factors interact with ethnic diversity, as they affect whether ethnic conflict is destructive or is contained by the rules of the game. Ethnic diversity has a more adverse effect on economic policy and growth when institutions are poor. To put it another way, poor institutions have an even more adverse effect on growth and policy when ethnic diversity is high.
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    Why are there so many civil wars in Africa?: prevention of future conflicts and promotion of inter-group cooperation

    The Economics of Crime and Violence, World Bank, 2000
    Contrary to popular belief, Africa's civil wars are not due to its ethnic and religious diversity.
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    External interventions and the duration of civil wars

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2000
    Previous studies have argued that longer civil wars have been caused by ethnically polarized societies, since rebel cohesion is easier and more lasting with polarization.
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    An international guide to organizations generating information on conflicts over natural resources

    Society for International Development, 2001
    Guide finding information on the web about conflicts over natural resources and related matters. More than 90 organizations have being identified and classified according to main sectors of activities, (land, forests, water, fisheries) and geographical scope, etc.
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    The redistributive state and conflicts in Africa

    Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2001
    This paper argues that ethnic problems are only one aspect of political violence in Africa, while violent conflicts must be thought about as a failure of the state to perform some of its fundamental tasks.State formation in Africa is a transition process starting from an institutional endowment of ethnic division.
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    Refugee education in Kenya: education for a peaceful and sustainable future

    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2000
    This article discusses the aims and level of success of two programmes piloted in Kenyan refugee camps aiming to enrich education: an environmental education, and a peace education programme.
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    Central Asia: Islamist mobilisation and regional security

    International Crisis Group, 2001
    This article deals with the issue of Islamic radical activity in Central Asian states of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
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    Sharing new ground in post-conflict situations

    United Nations Development Programme, 2000
    The paper reports on the UNDP undertaking of a strategic evaluation to take stock of its experience in complex emergency situations and extract insights to improve the organization’s capacity to respond. The terms of reference for the exercise identified the reintegration of internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees and ex-combatants as the principal area of focus.
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    Uganda in Eastern DRC: fueling political and ethnic strife

    Human Rights Watch, 2001
    Paper asserts that Ugandan authorities have fuelled political and ethnic strife in eastern Congo with disastrous consequences for the local population. Paper documents how Ugandan authorities intervened in rivalries among factions of the rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD). Some of these quarrels degenerated into military skirmishes in which civilians have been killed and injured.

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