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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. Construction workers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
    Construction workers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Workers take a break at a construction site in Ho Chi Minh City. Rapid urbanization in Vietnam has brought both opportunities and challenges to the country. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Photo: Tran Viet Duc / World Bank
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: Flickr/World Bank
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    Financial regulation in low-income countries: balancing inclusive growth with financial stability

    Event - Workshop - 10 - 11 September 2013
    ​The University of Ghana hosted a two workshop and debate for the ODI project, funded by DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme, on financial regulation in African low-income countries.
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  2. North Kordofan livestock brought and traded
    North Kordofan livestock brought and traded

    Scenes from Al Nnuhoud Livestock Market, North Kordofan where livestock is brought and traded from places nearby.
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: Photo: Salahaldeen Nadir / World Bank
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    Sudan’s deteriorating lifeline: strategies to support livestock production and trade

    Event - Public event - 9 September 2013 13:00 - 14:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

    Livestock is one of Darfur’s main economic assets, making a major contribution to Sudan’s national livestock and meat exports. During ten years of conflict, Darfur's livestock trade has been badly affected. Contracting volumes of livestock brought to market and a loss of competitiveness as trading costs soar, has left the regional and national economy struggling as well as many Sudanese people who make a living in the sector.

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  7. Rural water supply corruption in Ethiopia

    Publication - Books or book chapters - 3 September 2013
    Roger Calow, Alan MacDonald, Piers Cross
    For decades, corruption in Ethiopia has been discussed only at the margins. Perhaps because many have not experienced corruption as a significant constraint to their lives and businesses, or perhaps because a culture of circumspection has dampened open dialogue, Ethiopia has seen neither the information flows nor the debate on corruption that most other countries have seen in recent years. This chapter 4 focuses on rural water supply corruption in 'Diagnosing corruption in Ethiopia : perceptions, realities, and the way forward for key sectors'.
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  8. Kevin Watkins

    Letter to Barclays Bank - "No winners from the closure of Barclays’ Somali accounts"

    Opinion - Letters - 2 September 2013
    ​Kevin Watkins, the Executive Director of the Overseas Development Institute has called on Barclays Bank to reconsider its decision to close its Somalia accounts, describing the move as 'unwarranted, unnecessary and a threat to some of the world's most vulnerable people’.

    He cites new research from the Humanitarian Policy Group in ODI on a major cash transfer programme introduced in response to the Horn of Africa famine.

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

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 30 August 2013
    HPG Working Papers
    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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  10. Talking to the 'other side': humanitarian engagement with armed non-state actors in Darfur, Sudan, 2003-2012

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 30 August 2013
    HPG Working Papers
    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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