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Uganda: Soroti Administrative Units (as of 01 Oct 2007)

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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Towards a Culture of Prevention: Disaster Risk Reduction Begins at School

Various initiatives have been taken worldwide to make school buildings safer and have disaster risk reduction taught in schools as part of the World Disaster Reduction Campaign, now in its second year.

Some of the initiatives made immediate impact; others laid the foundations for future successes. But all helped school children fulfil a role envisioned for them: to serve as agents of disaster risk reduction.

Such a role played by the children could not be thought of a few years ago. Children were - and still are - among
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development

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World Bank
Agriculture is a vital development tool for achieving the Millennium Development Goal that calls for halving by 2015 the share of people suffering from extreme poverty and hunger. That is the overall message of this year's World Development Report (WDR), the 30th in the series. Three out of every four poor people in developing countries live in rural areas, and most of them depend directly or indirectly on agriculture for their livelihoods. This Report provides guidance to governments and the international community on designing and implementing agriculture-for-development
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Impact Assessment of the Gokwe Integrated Recovery Action Project Zimbabwe

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Tufts University
This study was an impact assessment of the "Gokwe Integrated Recovery Action Project" (GIRA) a drought recovery and famine mitigation intervention being implemented by Africare in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. The assessment is one component of a broader applied research initiative "Impact Assessment of Innovative Humanitarian Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa" supported by the Bill & Melinda (B&M) Gates Foundation.

The research which is being carried out by the Feinstein International Center (FIC, Tufts) focuses on the development
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Local and Regional Procurement of Food Aid in Africa: Impact and Policy Issues

EC policy endorses local and regional procurement of food aid commodities (LRP), a practice that is believed to assist in the development of local agriculture and livelihoods in supplying countries. The research hypothesis for this study was that such procurement of food aid can make a much larger contribution to the economies of developing countries, and poor people in particular, and that policies can be put in place to increase such benefits.

Food aid agencies can adjust tendering procedures to mitigate certain problems, but in countries where they are
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Side by Side or Together? Working for Security, Development and Peace in Liberia and Afghanistan. Workshop Report, October 2007

This report provides a detailed examination of the dynamics and challenges of current field coordination efforts between multiple assistance actors in Afghanistan and Liberia. The report includes an overview of the coordination challenges in international peace missions, case studies of interagency and civil-military coordination in the two countries, and an examination of the diverse organizational perspectives on coordination of major assistance actors.

This report is based on the findings from the March 30 and 31 "Coordinated Approaches" workshop on
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Landmine Monitor Report 2007

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) considers the Mine Ban Treaty the only viable comprehensive framework for achieving a mine-free world. The treaty and the global effort to eradicate antipersonnel mines have yielded impressive results. A new international norm is emerging, as many governments not party to the Mine Ban Treaty are taking steps consistent with the treaty, and an increasing number of non-state armed groups are also embracing a ban.

Further progress towards elimination of antipersonnel mines was made in 2006-2007. Four more states (Iraq, Kuwait,
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Guidelines for Cash Transfer Programming

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IFRC
There is a growing body of evidence that cash-based programming can be a very appropriate and effective form of response, alone or in combination with other in-kind programmes.

Building on the broad range of cash experiences within the Movement and in the humanitarian sector, these guidelines help programme managers identify those situations where cash is appropriate, and provide practical, step-by-step support to the design and implementation of cash programmes. The guidelines are meant for field practitioners who
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Report to the General Assembly by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Jan 2006 - mid-2007

I. Introduction

1. A significant increase in the numbers of persons of concern to UNHCR brought new challenges in 2006. While there was a 14 per cent increase in refugee numbers from the previous year, the Office's involvement, together with other humanitarian partners, in protecting and assisting internally displaced persons (IDPs) under the inter-agency cluster approach, resulted in a doubling of IDP figures. Thanks to better data capturing, many more stateless people have been identified, also swelling numbers.

2. Despite a plethora of complex challenges,
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Reversing Food Insecurity: Linking Global Commitments to Local Recovery Needs

Food insecurity and chronic marginalisation of poor households have been both symptoms and causes of humanitarian crises in the Third World over the past decades. Despite massive international relief and development assistance, extraordinary technological advances in every sphere of life, millions of people continue to be affected by food insecurity and hunger every year. This is puzzling. At national and international levels, there are no lack of commitments from global citizens of high moral and financial standing, world leaders, and national authorities
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World Bank Assistance to Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

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World Bank
Sub-Saharan Africa is a highly complex and diverse Region that is a critical priority for the development community, as it has some of the world's poorest countries and remains behind on most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). A major drag on Africa's development is the underperformance of the critical agriculture sector, which accounts for a large share of GDP and employment in the Region. This study assesses the development effectiveness of World Bank assistance in addressing constraints to agricultural development in Africa over the period of fiscal years 1991-2006.
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Promising Practices for Risk Reduction

The Emergency Capacity Building (ECB) Project carried out pilot projects in three countries (Ethiopia, Guatemala and Indonesia) to identify models and promising practices for disaster risk reduction based on practical programs.

This report summarizes some of the more significant learnings and promising practices, and highlights some key examples that give ideas for moving forward with risk reduction in other areas. The following is a summary of the most important themes that emerge in this report.
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Transforming War Economies

Although economic factors have proven to be crucial factors influencing the conflict proneness of a country, both military cease fires and peace agreements tend to neglect the economic and socioeconomic aspects of war, while emphasizing mainly political and military issues. However, peacebuilding and conflict prevention measures applied by the international community cannot limit themselves to ending open violence and cutting conflict profiteers from their power and income. In addition, alternative social, economic and political structures must
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A Guide to Mediation: Enabling Peace Processes in Violent Conflicts

The potential role of mediation as a means of ending armed conflict makes it increasingly important that those who engage in peace processes do so in a way that it is ethical, professional and effective. Several recent peace processes have seen a wide range of organisations and interests gathered around them. This has led several observers to talk of the risk of "overcrowding" in certain processes. In such a context, there is a need for consensus on what constitutes good mediation and good support for a peace process.

What follows is intended to serve as
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Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know - Educator's Guide

The intention of this Educator's Guide is to make prominent writings of field journalists on war crimes accessible to youth, young adults, and future decision makers, as well as to inform the general public.

There are eight thematic chapters: weapons; violence against civilians; child soldiers; sexual violence; terrorism and torture; genocide; international courts and tribunals; and humanitarian intervention. Each of the thematic chapters is linked to the second edition of Crimes of War and contains the following elements: an essential question,
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After the Tsunami: Sustainable Building Guidelines for South-East Asia

In the aftermath of disasters, project managers are often overwhelmed by the challenges related to reconstruction. This manual addresses those challenges by providing project managers with guidance in various aspects of sustainable reconstruction.
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Don't Call Me, I'll Call You? Challenges and Opportunities to Realising the Responsibility to Protect in Regional Peacekeeping

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One World Trust
This briefing seeks to explore the particular challenge associated with realising the Responsibility to Protect in Regional Peacekeeping, especially if conducted under Chapter VIII of the UN Charter. It concludes that while Chapter VIII of the UN Charter enables collaborative task sharing between global and regional organisations, and the UN encourages coordination, there are only few appropriate governance arrangements in place that ensure the accountability and effectiveness of regionally led responses to conflict. The paper ends with key recommendations on how to
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Governance Out of a Box: Priorities and Sequencing in Rebuilding Civil Administration in Post-Conflict Countries

The CMI workshop, Priorities and Sequencing in Rebuilding Civil Administration in Post-Conflict Countries, brought together experts from international organisations and national governments to discuss how best to undertake the process of setting up country-specific priorities and determine the right kind of sequencing required to rebuild civil administration during the post-conflict phase. The representation of a Programme Specialist of the Liberian Government provided a welcomed viewpoint from a national government.

The workshop concluded that there is
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International Humanitarian Law and Gender

The international expert meeting on international humanitarian law and gender issues was held at the Swedish National Defence College in Stockholm, Sweden on 4-5 October 2007. International experts on international humanitarian law, military lawyers, medical expertise as well as personnel from regional organisations, humanitarian organisations and armed forces participated in the meeting. The diversity and expertise of the participants heralded the growing international interest in this topic.

The meeting was built on the assumption