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The learning process of the Local Capacities for Peace Project

01/08/2002

10 pages long

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If aid is found to support a war effort, should aid agencies and practitioners continue to give it? The resounding answer given by aid workers all over the world is that the needs of suffering people are too important to ignore and, further, that there can be no justification for not assisting suffering people. But […]

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Journal article

Should development agencies have Official Views?

01/08/2002

13 pages long

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The major development agencies have ex cathedra ‘Official Views’ (with varying degrees of explicitness) on the complex and controversial questions of development. At the same time, knowledge is now more than ever recognised as key to development–in the idea of a ‘knowledge bank’ or knowledge-based development assistance. The author argues that these two practices are […]

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Briefing paper

Crisis in Southern Africa

06/06/2002

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23 pages long

Languages: English

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Nearly 13 million people in Southern Africa face extreme food shortages between now and April 2003. Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia are particularly affected. Donor countries need to fund a major emergency food aid operation immediately. But in the long-term the food crisis will recur unless the right to food for all is put top of […]

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Briefing paper

The Key to Peace: Unlocking the human potential in Sudan

26/04/2002

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39 pages long

Languages: English

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This report, produced by six aid agencies operating in Sudan, articulates the appalling human cost of Sudan’s conflict. It calls for urgent and sustained action on the part of warring parties and the international community to bring about an immediate end to that suffering. Although the report refers to areas in which the warring parties […]

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Briefing paper

Foundations for Peace: Urgent steps to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

28/03/2002

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12 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam International calls on all parties to acknowledge and address the growing insecurity and the humanitarian crisis resulting from the conflict, and to reaffirm and protect the rights of civilians under international law. Immediate action must be taken to protect the lives of Israelis and Palestinians and to take steps to reverse the long-term damage […]

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Briefing paper

The Spoils of Peace: How can tighter arms export controls benefit both the poor and British industry?

01/02/2002

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16 pages long

Languages: English

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Conflict costs an estimated half a million lives each year, and ruins the livelihoods of many of the poorest people in the developing world. Conflict also creates conditions in which exploitation and human rights abuses can take place with seeming impunity. These conditions make it more difficult for businesses to invest and operate in a […]

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Journal article

A situational assessment study of acid violence in Bangladesh

01/02/2002

5 pages long

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A situational assessment study of acid violence in Bangladesh

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This secondary source study was conducted on behalf of UNICEF in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, to establish what information was available about acid violence with a view to informing potential interventions to prevent attacks. The study showed that young women are the main survivors who, having repelled advances by men, have acid thrown at […]

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Briefing note

Afghanistan’s Crisis is Far From Over

23/01/2002

1 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English

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While there have been improvements in humanitarian access and food distribution in many areas, security is deteriorating in some places key to the relief effort. Donors, the United Nations, and the new Afghan interim government all need to focus on security, protection, financing and coordination. On 15 January, two UN lorries carrying 40 tonnes of […]

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Briefing paper

Poverty in the Midst of Wealth: The Democratic Republic of Congo

18/01/2002

1 documents

Languages: English

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The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo has made the situation dramatically worse for the people of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. But this is only the latest crisis on top of years of conflict and suffering. The ongoing war in the DRC has cost the lives of up to 2.5 million people in less than four […]

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Gender, Development, and Climate Change

01/01/2002

1 documents

115 pages long

Languages: English

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In the face of extreme weather events, desertification, and a rise in sea levels, governments and communities around the world increasingly recognise that the need to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change is urgent. The global agenda and negotiations focus on what governments, corporations, and institutions can do in the search for […]

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