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   UN Observer Group Makes Rounds in Homs, Syria on 21 April 2012

   Crowds of locals surround the recently-dispatched UN monitoring team as they walk through the streets of Homs, Syria. Pursuant to an authorization by the Security Council, the team of six unarmed observers were deployed to Syria on 16 April, tasked with reporting on the cessation of violence between Government and opposition forces.
   License: Creative Commons
   Credit: UN Photo/Neeraj Singh
   Source: UN multimedia
   

   Syria crisis: the humanitarian response

   Event - Round-table - 15 June 2012 11:00 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

   This closed-door roundtable on the Syria crisis brought together leading humanitarian aid agencies and senior figures with direct experience of humanitarian work in the country. The purpose of the meeting was to examine the response of the international community and consider its impact on the civilian population. 

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   Public financial management reforms in post-conflict countries: synthesis report

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 14 June 2012

   Edward Hedger, Philipp Krause and Heidi Tavakoli

   This report addresses the existing knowledge gap through a systematic review of Public Financial Management (PFM) reform experiences in post-conflict environments.

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3. Integrated approaches to water resources management in Africa

   Event - Conference - 16 May 2012

   In May 2012, Roger Calow (Head of ODI's Water Policy Programme, WPP) took part in a high-level panel discussion at Africa Water Week on progress  in implementing integrated approaches to water resources management in Africa, drawing on WPP's recent contribution to the European Report on Development.

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4. Policy influence and communications capacity building for the Islam Research Programme

   Projects - May 2012 to December 2012

   ODI/RAPID will work with The Islam Research Programme (IRP) project office to provide capacity development support to IRP Research projects in nine different countries. The aim is to help each team develop their research communication skills, to enable them to package and deliver their findings to policy-makers (particularly Dutch Embassy staff) and other relevant stakeholders for policy influence.

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   Kwakavisi community meeting

   Kwakavisi community meeting - poverty ranking conducted by Shadrack and Beryl as part of the cash transfer project
   License: Hanna Alder
   Source: Hanna Alder
   

   Transforming cash transfers: beneficiary and community perspectives on social protection programming

   Projects - May 2012 to March 2013

   This project investigates community perceptions of cash transfer programmes in five countries using innovative participatory and qualitative approaches. Interactive resources and publications can be accessed at transformingcashtransfers.org

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6. Behind the ballot box: Making the transition to a democracy

   Event - Public event - 21 March 2012 18:30 - 20:00 (GMT+00)

   Drawing upon the Arab Spring Alina Rocha Menocal will discuss making the transition to democracy and will explore whether democracy leads to development and the protection of human rights, or in reality is it “development first, democracy later”?
   

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   Sanctuary in the city? Urban displacement and vulnerability in Amman

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 16 March 2012

   HPG Working Papers

   Sara Pavanello and Simone Haysom

   This study explores the phenomenon of displacement in the urban environment and the implications and challenges it poses for humanitarian action in Amman, Jordan.

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   The birth of a new Libya?

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 2 February 2012

   A recent ODI event on Libya helped to crystallise some of the dilemmas and tensions embedded in contemporary state-building efforts, both domestic and international.

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9. From an Arab Spring to a Winter of discontent? Challenges to the democratic transition in Egypt

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 2 February 2012

   Euro Atlantic Quarterly

   Alina Rocha Menocal

   This article explores the revolution in Egypt and argues that the key challenge for the new emerging Egypt is establishing a regime that is democratic not only in name but also in practice.

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    A rally against Muammar Gaddafi in Benghazi, Libya

    Protesters attend a rally against Muammar Gaddafi in Benghazi, Libya March 1, 2011
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
    Source: Flickr
    

    Libya in transition: options for the future

    Event - Public event - 26 January 2012 10:00 - 11:20 (GMT+00)

    Libya is at a critical juncture in transitioning from decades of dictatorship, with the National Transitional Council entering a complex post-conflict period that will need to tackle the legacies of violence, the remaking of state institutions and rebuilding the relationships between citizens and the state. The significant changes in the political landscape over the last six months still leave unanswered important questions about future priorities, opportunities, sequencing and where challenges and pitfalls are likely to lie. This event aims to discuss those questions, considering the options available for Libyan leaders and citizens, and the role that the international community can play to support the transition.

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