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    Assessment of institutional setup and effect of household level water harvesting in ensuring sustainable livelihood: case study of Kobo, Almata and Kilte Awlaelo Woredas in Amhara and Tigray Regions of Ethiopia

    Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2007
    This study aims to establish a better understanding and documenting of the effects of the household level water harvesting irrigation development and its limitations. The study was carried out in six Ethiopian villages through household level surveys, and discussions with various institutions and local authorities.
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    The search for peace: the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea

    Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2007
    This document reflects the discussion and outcomes of the scholarly conference on the Ethiopia-Eritrea Conflict held in Oslo in July, 2006. The conference aimed to achieve the following objectives:
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    Is pastoralism a viable livelihood option?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Debates about the future of pastoralism are re-emerging in the Greater Horn of Africa. Are there too many people and too few livestock? Should pastoralists pursue alternative market-based livelihoods, or can better policies help to maintain pastoral systems?
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    Commercial destocking: a livelihood-based drought response in southern Ethiopia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    The 2006 drought in the Greater Horn of Africa affected 11 million people, including many pastoralists. Drought responses focused primarily on food aid, with inadequate attention given to livelihood protection and support.
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    The growing demand for livestock: will policy and institutional changes benefit poor people?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    As global demand for meat and milk increases, many policies focus on promoting international trade in livestock and livestock products. How does this affect the community-based livestock services that poor people use, and who will benefit from the expanding global markets?
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    Assessing household food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Reducing hunger in developing countries depends on reliable estimates of food insecurity. Using data about how much food individual households acquire may be a more accurate way to measure dietary quantity and quality than national level data.
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    Can payment for work schemes replace food aid in Ethiopia?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Chronic food insecurity presents a huge challenge to achieving sustainable development. Food aid is often used to provide assistance to the poorest people. This can result in dependency on food aid, however, and increase the numbers of households that lack food each year. What are the alternatives, and do they work?
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    International Development Law Organisation

    The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) is the world’s only intergovernmental organization whose sole mandate is to strengthen the rule of law and good governance in developing cou
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    Education for all by 2015: the good news

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Since 2000 enormous steps have been made towards achieving universal enrolment at primary education level. More girls are in school than ever before. Aid has supported effective national efforts in many countries. There is a ‘Dakar effect’ – evidence that working towards common education goals can strengthen countries to change individual lives.
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    What lessons have donors and policymakers learnt from the famines in Ethiopia?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Ethiopia experienced periods of famine in 1999-2000 and 2002-2003. While droughts triggered these crises, many other factors contributed. However, there is little agreement about how to address the long-term causes of famine; emergency food aid remains the primary response by the government and donors.

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