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    States of fragility: stabilisation and its implications for humanitarian action

    Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2010
    Stabilization includes a combination of military, humanitarian, political and economic activities to control, contain and manage areas affected by armed conflict and complex emergencies. This paper explores the evolution of international stabilization efforts and their significance for humanitarian action.
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    Reconstruction under fire: unifying civil and military counterinsurgency

    RAND Corporation, 2009
    This study discusses the protection of civilians during insurgency through civil counterinsurgency (COIN). Militarily COIN involves using force to defeat insurgents while the civilian aspect ensures the provision of services and better governance in order to weaken insurgency’s appeal to the population therefore a crucial aspect of development practice in the midst of conflict.
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    Arab Human Development Report 2009: challenges to human security in Arab countries

    Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2009
    This report examines human development in the Arab world through a human security lens, calling on policymakers and other stakeholders to move away from a state-centric conception of security to one which also concentrates on the security of individuals, their protection and their empowerment.
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    Providing aid in insecure environments: 2009 Update. Trends in violence against aid workers and the operational response

    Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2009
    Attacks against aid workers are not new. Fragile, insecure environments frequently expose humanitarian operatives to a myriad of threats – whether they be political, economic or aggression encountered due to the respective nature of 'the work'.
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    Changing donor policy and practice on civil society in the post-9/11 aid context

    Development Studies Institute, LSE, 2008
    Through case studies of select bilateral development agencies (USAID, AusAID, DFID and SIDA), this paper explores changing policy and practice on civil society since 9/11. It identifies some emerging patterns and points out distinctions related to the security priorities of different governments, the bureaucratic architecture, and the historical backdrop to aid.
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    Security, the War on Terror, and ODA

    North-South Institute, 2007
    Is aid now used as a tool to meet geo-political ends? Has the focus shifted away from poverty-alleviation to ‘ensuring’ that, in respect of the War on Terror (WOT), recipient governments do not become unstable and a breeding ground for ‘terrorists’?
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    The Pentagon and global development: making sense of the DoD’s expanding role

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2007
    One of the most striking trends in US foreign aid policy is the surging role of the Department of Defense (DoD). The Pentagon now accounts for over 20 percent of U.S. official development assistance (ODA). DoD has also expanded its provision of non-ODA assistance, including training and equipping of foreign military forces in fragile states.
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    Humanitarian agenda 2015: Afghanistan country study

    Feinstein International Center, USA, 2006
    The case of Afghanistan reveals the tension between humanitarian and military action.
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    Humanitarian agenda 2015: principles, power, and perceptions

    Feinstein International Center, USA, 2007
    This report summarises the findings of the first phase of a research project on the challenges and compromises that are likely to affect humanitarian action in the next decade. The analysis is based on six case studies from Afghanistan, Burundi, Colombia, Liberia, northern Uganda and the Sudan.
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    No room for humanitarianism in 3D policies: have forcible humanitarian interventions and integrated approaches lost their way?

    Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary, 2007
    Following the commencement of the US-led war on terror, there have been increasing attempts to integrate development, diplomacy and defence through so-called "3D" mechanisms. This paper reviews the evolution of this integrated approach, the responses of humanitarian and development organisations, and  the difficulties encountered by its application i

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