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Where are they?: The situation of children and armed conflict in Mali

NEW REPORT: VIOLATIONS COMMITTED BY ARMED GROUPS AGAINST CHILDREN IN MALI;
GREATER ACTION NEEDED BY ALL

Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict demands that all stakeholders quickly act to protect children.

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Governing the Global Land Grab: Competing political tendencies

Reports of land grabbing from various parts of the world continue to come in: land grabbing for agriculture to produce food, feed, biofuels and other industrial products; “green grabbing” or land grabbing for environmental ends; and water grabbing for the irrigation of large-scale monocultures, hydroelectricity and other corporate uses. Understanding contemporary land grabs requires grasping the changing context in which they occur: the emergence of “flex crops”, the rise of BRICS and middle-income countries, and the revalued role of nation-states.

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Improving price incentives for cattle producers in Kenya

The livestock sector contributes to about seven percent of Kenya’s GDP and 17 percent of its agricultural GDP. Live cattle make up 80 percent of all hoofed livestock slaughtered in Kenya. In 2009, Kenya conducted a comprehensive national livestock census for the first time in 40 years. The census showed that 70 percent of the country’s cattle stocks are located in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) and account for a large share of household income in the region.

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A history of the humanitarian system: Western origins and foundations

The idea of using history to shed light on the present has significant and growing support within the humanitarian community, but remains the exception rather than the rule.

This HPG Working Paper provides an introduction to the emergence of the international humanitarian system and the factors that have shaped its evolution. It argues that greater knowledge of the system’s past will help practitioners and policy-makers think through today’s challenges and will contribute to a more effective platform for future reforms.

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World + 21 others
Yearbook on Peace Processes 2013

2012 proves to have been the most successful in recent times as far as the opening of negotiations and peace processes. 46.3% of the 54 analyzed negotiations were resolved favorably.

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The Philippines: Dismantling Rebel Groups

Despite some recent success in winding down decades-long negotiations with rebel groups, achieving peace with the country’s biggest insurgency, in Mindanao, requires both new energy and fresh thinking.

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FAO Statistical Yearbook 2013 - World Food and Agriculture

Updated data reveals almost 870 million people were undernourished in 2010-2012; the vast majority of them live in developing countries.

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World + 6 others
Fair shares: Is CAADP working?

Report
ActionAid

Executive summary

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Chinese mining industry contributes to abuses in Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Amnesty

Chinese mining industry contributes to abuses in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Chinese mining companies operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) need to do more to prevent their operations from leading to human rights abuses, Amnesty International warned today in a new report.

Profits and Loss: Mining and human rights in Katanga, examines the impact of the mining industry in south-eastern DRC.

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World + 21 others
UNHCR Global Trends 2012: Displacement The New 21st Century Challenge

A UNHCR report says that more people are refugees or internally displaced than at any time since 1994, with the crisis in Syria having emerged as a major factor.

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Sanctuary in the city? Reframing responses to protracted urban displacement

HPG Policy Briefs

In 2010, half of the world’s refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) were thought to be in urban areas, many of them in protracted displacement with little likelihood of ever returning home. Yet the implications of protracted urban displacement have not been given due weight by an international aid and governance system that has historically focused its displacement responses on rural camps.

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Climate Change Adaptation in Southern Africa: Linking science studies and policy decisions to drive evidence-based action

Climate change poses a real risk to the future of farming and food security in southern Africa. Crop yields in the region, especially for staples (e.g. maize), are already low: about 35% less than the global average. In the past 10 years, several climate change research studies (Gbetibouo and Hassan, 2005; Fischer et al., 2005; Abraha and Savage, 2006; Liu et al., 2008; Thornton et al., 2011) have been commissioned to assess the impacts of climate change on food security, agriculture and natural resources development.

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Deluge of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Awakens Old Sectarian Divisions

The crisis in Syria has generated a refugee flow of catastrophic proportions. The current figure of over 1.6 million registered refugees in the region is expected to swell to 3.45 million by the end of the year. With thousands of new refugees arriving in neighboring countries every day, the scale of humanitarian need is overwhelming host communities and exacerbating economic, political, and sectarian tensions throughout the region.

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Sudan’s Spreading Conflict (II): War in Blue Nile

The war in Blue Nile state has had a horrible impact, with about a third of the state’s population in need of humanitarian assistance, including some 150,000 refugees and approximately 200,000 IDPs.

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World + 2 others
Improving Impact: Do Accountability Mechanisms Deliver Results?

A new report provides evidence that accountability mechanisms improve the value for money, effectiveness, relevance, and sustainability of humanitarian and development projects.

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Investigating Sexual Violence in Conflict Proves Challenging

Measures must be taken to ensure that UN Women's Protection Advisors follow recognized guidelines on researching, documenting and monitoring sexual violence in emergencies.

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Assessing the Consequences of Hezbollah’s Necessary War of Choice in Syria

By Aram Nerguizian JUN 17, 2013

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