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  Global governance initiative: annual report 2006

  World Economic Forum, 2006

  The Global Governance Report considers six major areas: peace and security, poverty and hunger, education, health, the environment and human rights. The report provides both a scorecard to measure the effort exerted by governments, international organisations, business and civil society during 2005 towards these goals and a concise discussion of key actions taken and opportunities missed.
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  Security system reform and governance

  Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 2005

  This document presents the Security System Reform (SSR) and governance recommendations of the OECD Development Assistance Committee.
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  Stability assessment framework: designing integrated responses for security, governance and development

  Netherlands Institute of International Relations, 2005

  This framework, developed by the Conflict Research Unit of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, aims to aid policy makers and practitioners in developing strategies for establishing and maintaining sustainable stability.The Stability Assessment Framework (SAF) integrates issues of development, including economic, governmental, social, and environmental issues, with problems of ins
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  Regional media in conflict: case studies in local war reporting

  Institute for War and Peace Reporting, 2000

  This book explores the ways in which media promote and reflect conflict.
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  Potentials and limits of community-based service delivery in post-conflict situations

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  In countries emerging from conflict, there is often urgent need to provide health, education, water and sanitation services. In the absence of a strong and effective state, aid agencies increasingly rely on community-based approaches (CBA). However it is necessary to recognise the limits of CBA in the larger context of state building objectives.
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  The rise of Hamas in Palestinian politics

  Eldis News Weblog, 2006

  The election of Hamas to the Palestinian Authority (PA) has surprised many and thrown the future stability of the Middle East into question. This commentary by an Eldis editor considers ways forward for the region and considers how the international community can respond to this development both in policy and in practice.
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  Of broken social contracts and ethnic violence: the case of Kashmir

  Crisis States Research Centre, LSE, 2005

  This paper examines the conflict in Kashmir, arguing that the main reason for political discontent and resort to violence has to do with repeated infringement of the social contract by the central government of India, acting often in tandem with the state government. It first considers the theoretical debates concerning nationalism and ethnicity.
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  Aid allocation criteria: results based frameworks and aid to difficult partnerships

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2005

  This report describes the different factors that donors take into account when determining their allocations of aid to countries, with a special focus on those that do not achieve "good performer" status.
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  International pressure can transform warlords into peacelords

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  The international community is becoming increasingly involved in conflict resolution. However, local leaders who play a vital role in ensuring that the end of one conflict is not the beginning of another, have been largely ignored. Academics and policymakers need to understand how to influence local leaders positively, in order to build lasting peace.
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  The views of young Guatemalans on how to end gang violence

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  A brutal civil war may have formally ended in 1996, but insecurity and violence characterise daily life in ‘post-conflict’ Guatemala. Repressive attempts to control the violence caused by youth gangs have failed. It is time the views of young people were heard in debates on gang violence.

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