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Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) Working Papers present case studies or background notes which support key aspects of the Group's research projects.

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Talking to the 'other side': Humanitarian negotiations in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile, Sudan

Publication - Research reports and studies - 30 August 2013

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Irina Mosel and Ashley Jackson

This Working Paper examines humanitarian negotiations with armed non-state actors in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile. Through interviews with armed groups, aid workers, local and international experts and civilians, the study aims to improve understanding of the opportunities for, and obstacles to, engagement with the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) and the Government of Sudan for humanitarian access.

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Talking to the 'other side': humanitarian negotiations with armed non-state actors in Darfur, Sudan, 2003-2012

Publication - Research reports and studies - 30 August 2013

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Jonathan Loeb

This Working Paper focuses on the humanitarian community’s extensive engagement with rebel movements in Darfur from 2003-2012. Based on first-hand accounts of experiences of aid workers and rebels who participated in humanitarian negotiations, it documents the rise, decline and disappearance of cross-line aid over the last ten years.

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A history of the humanitarian system: Western origins and foundations

Publication - Research reports and studies - 18 June 2013

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Eleanor Davey, with John Borton and Matthew Foley

While knowledge of the past has direct operational, analytical and strategic implications, the humanitarian sector has a poor understanding of its history. Delve into HPG’s account of the history of the international humanitarian system to discover more.

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Sanctuary in the city? Urban displacement and vulnerability in Peshawar, Pakistan

Publication - Research reports and studies - 14 May 2013

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Irina Mosel and Ashley Jackson

What are the challenges facing displaced populations in the context of rapid urbanisation? Based on more than 250 interviews with residents, IDPs, and Afghan refugees, as well as those tasked with assisting them, this paper seeks to examine urban displacement and vulnerability in Peshawar, Pakistan, one of the largest recipient cities for refugees and IDPs in South Asia.

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The search for common ground: civil–military relations in Afghanistan, 2002–13

Publication - Research reports and studies - 22 April 2013

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Ashley Jackson and Simone Haysom

Experiences in Afghanistan have irrevocably shaped how aid agencies regard and relate to military forces during conflict. Through an examination of stabilisation interventions in Afghanistan, this Working Paper seeks to better understand the challenges of civil–military dialogue in the context of combined international and national military forces pursuing the lofty goal of stabilisation.

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