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World: Remaking the case for linking relief, rehabilitation and development -...

Source: ODI - Humanitarian Policy Group, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbHCountry: World‘Resilience’ is supposed to offer us a new way of thinking about development...

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World: Protecting civilians: the gap between norms and practice

Source: ODI - Humanitarian Policy GroupCountry: WorldAttacks on civilians have become an all too commonplace occurrence in conflicts, illustrated vividly in crises in Syria and the Central African...

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World: Humanitarian negotiations with armed non-state actors: key lessons...

Source: ODI - Humanitarian Policy GroupCountry: Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, WorldInsurgents and other armed groups are often seen as inherently predatory and hostile to aid workers, attacking staff,...

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Syrian Arab Republic: Addressing protection needs in Syria: overlooked,...

Source: ODI - Humanitarian Policy GroupCountry: Syrian Arab RepublicIn the last three years, the conflict in Syria has claimed over 120,000 lives, and nearly 10 million people inside Syria are in need...

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World: The interaction between humanitarian and military actors: where do we...

Source: ODI - Humanitarian Policy GroupCountry: WorldIncreased engagement by the military in humanitarian crises, often led by the push for stabilisation, has been controversial, particularly for...

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World: Humanitarian crises, emergency preparedness and response: the role of...

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, ODI - Humanitarian Policy Group, Humanitarian Futures ProgrammeCountry: WorldThe private sector has long been a major contributor to...

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World: Negotiating perceptions: Al-Shabaab and Taliban views of aid agencies

Source: ODI - Humanitarian Policy GroupCountry: Afghanistan, Somalia, WorldWhat armed groups like Al-Shabaab and the Taliban think of aid agencies can mean the difference between gaining access to...

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China: Responsibility, legitimacy, morality: Chinese humanitarianism in...

Source: ODI - Humanitarian Policy GroupCountry: ChinaHumanitarianism is deeply engrained in China’s history. Starting with hydraulic systems for flood control in ancient China through to civil aid...

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World: Histories of humanitarian action in the Middle East and North Africa

Source: ODI - Humanitarian Policy GroupCountry: Iraq, Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory, World, YemenIntroductionEleanor Davey and Eva SvobodaThe richness, power and variety of humanitarian...

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Iraq: IRIN/HPG Crisis Brief: Aid and the Islamic State

Source: IRIN, ODI - Humanitarian Policy GroupCountry: IraqDUBAI/LONDON, 23 December 2014 (IRIN) - Despite the popular perception that large parts of Iraq are cut off from international aid, new...

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World: UK humanitarian aid in the age of counterterrorism: perceptions and...

Source: ODI - Humanitarian Policy GroupCountry: occupied Palestinian territory, Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, WorldFor years, British humanitarian...

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World: Cash, vouchers or in-kind? Guidance on evaluating how transfers are...

Source: ODI - Humanitarian Policy GroupCountry: WorldIn humanitarian settings, aid agencies often assist populations by transferring resources, usually using cash, vouchers or in-kind aid, such as food...

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Syrian Arab Republic: International and local/diaspora actors in the Syria...

Source: ODI - Humanitarian Policy GroupCountry: Syrian Arab RepublicSyrian community provides aid where UN struggles to reach - new reportAs the Syria conflict enters its fifth year, the growth of...

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World: Zero poverty, zero emissions: eradicating extreme poverty in the...

Source: ODI - Humanitarian Policy GroupCountry: WorldIlmi Granoff, Jason Eis, Will McFarland and Chris Hoy, Charlene Watson, Gaia de Battista, Cor Marijs, Amina Khan and Natasha GristEradicating...

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World: Protracted displacement: uncertain paths to self-reliance in exile

Source: ODI - Humanitarian Policy GroupCountry: WorldDrawing an exact picture of the global state of protracted displacement is an approximate and incomplete exercise. Each situation of protracted...

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World: 10 things to know about refugees and displacement

Source: ODI - Humanitarian Policy GroupCountry: WorldThere are nearly 60 million refugees and displaced people in the world. Most have been displaced for years.But myths and misconceptions remain about...

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Sierra Leone: The Ebola response in West Africa: exposing the politics and...

Source: ODI - Humanitarian Policy GroupCountry: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, WorldWorking and discussion papersMarc DuBois and Caitlin Wake, with Scarlett Sturridge and Christina BennettThough often...

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Central African Republic: Central African Republic: addressing the protection...

Source: ODI - Humanitarian Policy GroupCountry: Central African RepublicThe Central African Republic (CAR) is in the midst of a protection crisis. The latest round of violence in the country has left...

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World: Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy: Implications for Humanitarian Response

Source: King's College London, Tufts University, ODI - Humanitarian Policy GroupCountry: Sweden, WorldThis policy brief presents the implications of Sweden’s feminist foreign policy for the people they...

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Democratic People's Republic of Korea: HPG Working Paper: Famine in North...

Source: ODI - Humanitarian Policy GroupCountry: Democratic People's Republic of KoreaFamine in North Korea led to the deaths of over 600,000 people in the late 1990s, with others putting the number of...

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