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Public finance reform in fragile states: grounds for cautious optimism?

Event - Conference - 16 October 2012

The event brought together politicians and government officials from several countries with senior researchers and policy makers to examine the progress of public financial management reforms and the challenges that remain.

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Livelihoods in protracted crises

Publication - Research reports and studies - 13 September 2012

Simon Levine

This background paper was prepared for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) High Level Panel of Experts of the Committee on World Food Security. The paper explores the concept of protracted crises and discusses how livelihoods and conflict interact.

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ODI-TCF High-level Roundtable on the Crisis in Rakhine State, Myanmar

Event - Round-table - 13 September 2012

The Humanitarian Policy Group of the Overseas Development Institute (HPG/ODI), in partnership with The Cordoba Foundation (TCF), held a closed-door high-level roundtable on the crisis in Rakhine State, Myanmar.

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Big men, African conflicts and informal power: a review

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 24 August 2012

'For me, the volume is more than anything about the blurring of boundaries – analytical and spatial – and the (increased) hybrid nature of politics and power during and after conflict.'

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Livelihoods, basic services and social protection in Nepal

Publication - Discussion papers - 21 August 2012

Bishnu Raj Upreti, Sony KC, Richard Mallett and Babken Babajanian

This working paper seeks to investigate what is currently known about livelihoods, basic services and social protection in Nepal.

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Livelihoods, basic services and social protection in Sri Lanka

Publication - Discussion papers - 21 August 2012

Priyanthi Fernando and Sonali Moonesinghe

Drawing on a review of key literature and a series of consultations with policy makers, practitioners and academics, this paper explores and assesses the current state of knowledge on livelihoods, basic services and social protection in Sri Lanka.

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Livelihoods, basic services and social protection in north-western Pakistan

Publication - Discussion papers - 21 August 2012

Babar Shahbaz, Qasim Ali Shah, Abid Q. Suleri, Steve Commins and Akbar Ali Malik

This review paper synthesises and assesses evidence from the existing literature on poverty and livelihoods, access to basic services and social protection, and aid and its governance in conflict-affected areas of Pakistan, particularly the north-western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and the Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA)

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Livelihoods, basic services and social protection in Northern Uganda and Karamoja

Publication - Discussion papers - 21 August 2012

Kirsten Gelsdorf, Daniel Maxwell and Dyan Mazurana

This paper synthesises current evidence on how people are recovering their livelihoods and accessing basic services and social protection interventions in the conflict-affected regions of Uganda’s Greater North.

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Advanced course on conflict, crisis and transitions - 2012

Event - Course - 18 - 25 July 2012

The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute and the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York are partnering to offer the third ‘Advanced Course on Conflict, Crisis and Transitions’, a week-long programme targeting mid-career and senior professionals.

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Livelihoods, basic services and social protection in Afghanistan

Publication - Discussion papers - 3 July 2012

Adam Pain

This paper examines the links between livelihoods, service delivery and social protection interventions in Afghanistan and how poor people seek to make a living and scrutinises the causal models or ‘theories of change’ that underpin such interventions.

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