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01 Oct 2007

Uganda
Uganda: IDP Locations - Katakwi District (as of 1 Oct 2007)

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01 Oct 2007

Uganda
Reference Map of Uganda - Soroti Administrative Units (as of 1 Oct 2007)

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01 Oct 2007

Uganda
Reference Map of Uganda - Kaberamaido Administrative Units (as of 1 Oct 2007)

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01 Oct 2007

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Uganda: IDP Locations - Amuria District (as of 1 Oct 2007)

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01 Oct 2007

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

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01 Oct 2007

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

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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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
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01 Oct 2007

World
World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development

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— World Bank
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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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01 Oct 2007

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Impact Assessment of the Gokwe Integrated Recovery Action Project Zimbabwe

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— Tufts University
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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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01 Oct 2007

World
Local and Regional Procurement of Food Aid in Africa: Impact and Policy Issues

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— Journal of Humanitarian Assistance
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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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01 Oct 2007

World
Side by Side or Together? Working for Security, Development and Peace in Liberia and Afghanistan. Workshop Report, October 2007

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— Peacebuilding Development and Security Program, University of Calgary
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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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01 Oct 2007

World
Landmine Monitor Report 2007

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— International Campaign to Ban Landmines
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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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01 Oct 2007

World
Guidelines for Cash Transfer Programming

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— IFRC
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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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01 Oct 2007

World
Report to the General Assembly by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Jan 2006 - mid-2007

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— UN General Assembly
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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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01 Oct 2007

World
Reversing Food Insecurity: Linking Global Commitments to Local Recovery Needs

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— Journal of Humanitarian Assistance
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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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01 Oct 2007

World
Planifier l'Avenir - Évaluation des Systèmes d'Alerte Précoce pour la Sécurité Alimentaire en Afrique Subsaharienne

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— Food and Agriculture Organization
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Les appellations employées dans ce produit d'information et la présentation des données qui y figurent n'impliquent de la part de l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) aucune prise de position quant au statut juridique ou au stade de développement des pays, territoires, villes ou zones ou de leurs autorités, ni quant au tracé de leurs frontières ou limites. La mention de sociétés déterminées ou de produits de fabricants, qu'ils soient ou non brevetés, n'entraîne, de la part de la FAO, aucune approbation ou recommandation
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01 Oct 2007

World
World Bank Assistance to Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

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— World Bank
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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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