HPG Working Papers

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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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Rules of the range: natural resources management in Kenya–Ethiopia border areas

Publication - Discussion papers - 19 September 2011

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Sara Pavanello and Simon Levine

This HPG Working Paper explores institutional issues around rangeland management and mobility in the border areas of Kenya and Ethiopia, and the links between institutions and livelihoods resilience.

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Sanctuary in the city? Urban displacement and vulnerability in Nairobi

Publication - Discussion papers - 1 September 2011

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Victoria Metcalfe and Sara Pavanello, with Prafulla Mishra

This Working Paper focuses on internally displaced people (IDPs) in Nairobi, and aims to understand the challenges they face and how these compare with the general urban poor population in the capital.

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Humanitarian action, early recovery and stabilisation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Publication - Discussion papers - 11 August 2011

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Sarah Bailey

This paper examines the challenges facing the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) relating to the international response to the crisis in eastern DRC, with a particular focus on the relationship between humanitarian assistance, early recovery and stabilisation.

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Livestock marketing in Kenya-Ethiopia border areas: A baseline study

Publication - Discussion papers - 21 July 2010

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Sara Pavanello

This baseline study identifies structural issues behind livestock marketing in Mandera Central and West in Kenya and the Borana zone in Ethiopia. The study also aims to provide potential entry points for action to improve livestock marketing in the region.

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States of fragility: stabilisation and its implications for humanitarian action

Publication - Discussion papers - 27 May 2010

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Sarah Collinson, Samir Elhawary and Robert Muggah

This HPG Working Paper considers the implications of ‘stabilisation’ for international humanitarian action. It argues that, while humanitarian actors have been most preoccupied with the growing engagement of the military in the humanitarian sphere, it is trends in international political engagement in these contexts that represent the more fundamental challenge.

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