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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
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  1. The search for common ground: civil–military relations in Afghanistan, 2002–13 - Policy Brief

    Publication - Briefing papers - 14 May 2013
    Ashley Jackson and Simone Haysom
    This policy brief summarises research on civil-military dialogue between aid agencies and military forces in Afghanistan from 2002 through 2012. It aims to contribute to the understanding of the challenges of civil-military dialogue in the context of international and national military forces pursuing stabilisation activities.
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  2. Sanctuary in the city? Urban displacement and vulnerability in Peshawar, Pakistan

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 13 May 2013
    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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  3. The search for common ground: civil–military relations in Afghanistan, 2002–13

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 21 April 2013
    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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  4. Humanitarian exchange 56: civil-military coordination

    Publication - Articles and blogs - 13 January 2013
    Humanitarian Practice Network
    The special feature of this edition of Humanitarian Exchange, co-edited with Victoria Metcalfe, focuses on issues related to humanitarian civil– military coordination.
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  5. Sanctuary in the city? Urban displacement and vulnerability in the Gaza Strip

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 14 December 2012
    Simone Haysom and Wasseem el Sarraj
    This HPG Working Paper examines the successive waves of forced displacement in Gaza in recent years and explores the consequences of upheaval generated by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the citizens of Gaza. Based on hundreds of interviews with residents and those tasked with assisting them the paper considers the many factors that generate displacement, loss of shelter, livelihoods and life in the Gaza Strip.
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  8. A conceptual analysis of livelihoods and resilience: addressing the ‘insecurity of agency’

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 30 November 2012
    Adam Pain and Simon Levine
    The debates on how aid investment can be reoriented towards supporting resilience are usually framed in terms of risk, and of people’s ability to cope with shocks. This HPG working paper argues that support to resilience and intelligent monitoring would be better based on a focus on the structural factors that prevent people from investing in their futures.
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  9. Can more aid stay in Haiti and other fragile settings? How local investment can strengthen governments and economies

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 27 November 2012
    United Nations Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti
    Since 2009, the Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti (OSE) has examined the nuts and bolts of how aid is delivered to Haiti. This report presents an analysis of how aid was channeled from donors to the primary recipient. Lilianne Fan of the Humanitarian Policy Group provided written contributions to this report.
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  10. Beyond the ‘French Doctors’: The evolution and interpretation of humanitarian action in France

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 30 October 2012
    Eleanor Davey
    This Working Paper provides a review of the French experience of humanitarian action over the twentieth century, and of the Francophone literature about this history. It illustrates the importance of national contexts in shaping ideas and discourses about humanitarian affairs, while also reflecting upon their place in a global history.
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