Saving lives through faster emergency response In June 2004, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was shaken by widespread crises, notably in the East of the country. To ensure that response...
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Strengthening the Pluralistic Agricultural Extension System in Nepal
Author(s): Murari Suvedi, Paul McNamara . Institution(s): MSU, UIUC . Date Published: April 1, 2012 . MEAS (Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services), a U.S. Agency for International Development...
Strengthening the Pluralistic Agricultural Extension System in Malawi
Author(s): Brent Simpson, Geoff Heinrich . Institution(s): MSU, CRS . Date Published: June 1, 2012 . At the request of the USAID Malawi Mission, the MEAS project (Modernizing Extension and Advisory...
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Les transferts sociaux pour la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle dans le Sahel: Séminaire régional 17-19/20 avril 2012, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Rapport de synthèse
MESSAGES CLES Le visage de la pauvreté au Sahel a changé depuis plusieurs décennies : les inégalités en milieu rural vont croissantes et les ménages les plus pauvres sont aujourd’hui exclus des...
India Disaster Report 2012
1. IntroductIon The India Disaster Report (IDR) was started as an annual documentation effort from the year 2011, covering the major disaster events from January to December of each year in the...
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Blurring of Lines in Complex Emergencies: Consequences for the Humanitarian Community
Introduction In May 2012, a Pakistani doctor was sentenced by his government for carrying on a fake vaccination campaign that helped the US government identify and kill Osama bin Laden.1 A few weeks...
Natural Disaster Data Book 2012 (An Analytical Overview)
Overview The Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) Natural Disasters Data Book 2012 provides the statistical perspectives in figures and tables for 2012 as well as for the period 1983-2012 based on...
Women’s Participation in Peace Negotiations: Connections between Presence and Influence
Introduction More than a decade after Uni ted Nations Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) was unanimously adopted, the striking absence of women from formal peace negotiations reveals a troubling...
Climate Smart Agriculture: More Than Technologies Are Needed to Move Smallholder Farmers Towards Resilient and Sustainable Livelihoods
Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) is defined as agricultural practices that sustainably increase productivity and system resilience while reducing greenhouse gas emissions¹. CSA helps ensure that...
San Carlos: Memorias del éxodo en la guerra
LA INTENSIDAD CON QUE EN SAN CARLOS, ANTIOQUIA, SE PRODUJO EL DESPLAZAMIENTO FORZADO HACE DE ÉSTE UN CASO EMBLEMÁTICO PARA LEER LAS LÓGICAS DEL CONFLICTO ARMADO. A lo largo de este informe se intenta...
Making Cities Resilient Assessment: Dar Es Salaam
FOREWORD Many Cities in Africa are experiencing economic growth. This trend is characterized by distribution of wealth mainly found in urban centres. On the other hand, urban population and migration...
HIV/AIDS Evaluations Synthesis Report 2012
A new report looks at how to collate evidence effectively from a wide range of HIV/AIDS studies In 2011, The Lancet published an important article by Schwartländer and others which proposed an...
IDRL in Haiti: A study on the legal framework for the facilitation and regulation of international disaster response in Haiti
On 12 January 2010, an earthquake registering 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Haiti, with the capital Port-au-Prince and the surrounding area bearing the brunt of the impact. The disaster claimed...
Food Security in the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka, 2012
Executive Summary General food security has improved in the Northern and Eastern Provinces between 2011 and 2012 from an estimated 65 to 40 percent of the households being food insecure. The...
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The Water Resource Implications of Changing Climate in the Volta River Basin
According to study, inaction will lead to “major setback” in economic development and food security for the poorest people in Ghana, Burkina Faso and other countries in West Africa ACCRA, GHANA (19...
Project Evaluation Liberia: Third Phase of the Reintegration and Recovery Program in Southeast Liberia (RRP)
medica mondiale Liberia: Support is extensive and sustainable medica mondiale has been actively involved in south east Liberia in a comprehensive program against sexualised violence and for rights of...
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Project Evaluation: Political Participation of Women from Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Liberia in Peace and Security Policy
International Peacebuilding project shows effects on political participation In March 2006 medica mondiale started a 3 year project to encourage and support the political participation of women and...
National Priority Program 2012
III. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY At the Kabul Conference (July 2010) the Government of Afghanistan presented a plan for improving development efforts through a number of National Priority Programs (NPPs) to...
L'État du système humanitaire - Édition 2012
Le présent rapport propose une cartographie et une analyse systémiques des résultats de l’assistance humanitaire internationale. Le rapport pilote sur l’état du système humanitaire (ESH) a été publié...
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Adolescent sexual and reproductive health programs in humanitarian settings: an in-depth look at family planning services [EN/AR]
Globally, 16 million girls aged 15-19 years and two million girls under age 15 give birth every year. In the poorest regions of the world, this translates to roughly one in three girls bearing...