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   Realising protection: The uncertain benefits of civilian, refugee and IDP status

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 31 August 2009

   HPG Reports 28

   Edited by Sarah Collinson, James Darcy, Nicholas Waddell and Anna Schmidt

   Protecting civilians from the worst effects of violent conflict, human rights abuses and persecution lies at the heart of the humanitarian agenda. This report is principally concerned with highlighting the importance of the application and observance of established protection norms by belligerents, governments and international actors – a crucial part of the broader protection picture .

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2. Development Policy Review, vol. 27, no. 4

   Publication - Journal articles or issues - 30 June 2009

   Development Policy Review vol. 27, no. 4

   various authors

   Amongst other articles in the latest issue, Jan Vandemoortele asks whether we can meet the MDG targets without missing the point.

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   Indian construction workers in Dubai

   License: Creative Commons
   Credit: Paulkeller
   Source: Flickr
   

   Shaping the future: Long-term perspectives on migration

   Event - Public event - 19 June 2009 12:00 - 13:30 (GMT+00)

   This meeting will introduce the World Bank study, Shaping the Future A Long-Term perspective of People and Job Mobility for the Middle East and North Africa.

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4. Hidden lives: refugees in the cities

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 18 June 2009

   By Sara Pavanello and Sara Pantuliano
   

   The populations of many cities in developing countries have soared over the past decade. Estimates suggests that more than half of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa – the world’s most rural region – will be living in urban areas within two decades. One prominent feature is the flow into cities of people who have been uprooted by natural disasters and/or conflict.

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   Poor countries hit harder than expected by global financial and economic crisis

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 3 June 2009

   The global financial and economic crisis is hitting developing countries harder than previously thought, according to a ground-breaking study coordinated by the Overseas Development Institute. ODI and developing country researchers have examined the impact of the crisis, and country level policy responses in ten countries: Bangladesh; Benin; Bolivia; Cambodia; Ghana; Indonesia; Kenya; Nigeria; Uganda; and Zambia.

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   The global financial crisis and remittances: What past evidence suggests

   Publication - Discussion papers - 3 June 2009

   ODI Working Papers 303

   Massimiliano Calì with Salvatore Dell’Erba

   Using a model of remittance outflows’ determinants and information on past systemic banking crises, this working paper identifies possible effects of the current crisis on total remittances to developing countries.

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   Food assistance, reintegration and dependency in Southern Sudan

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 31 May 2009

   HPG Commissioned Reports

   Sarah Bailey and Simon Harragin

   This study examines both the process of re-integrating displaced people and the role World Food Programme (WFP) food aid and other forms of WFP food assistance have been playing in assisting returning households since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in South sudan.

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8. ‘Labour Migration and Policy Reform in Orissa’ in ‘Finding Pathways: Social Inclusion in Rural Development’ (edited by Smita Premchander, Sudin K, Peter Reid)

   Publication - Books or book chapters - 30 April 2009

   Priya Deshingkar

   Priya Deshingkar's paper discusses the issues of migrant labour in India with a central focus on Orissa. The paper draws heavily from the situation persisting in Orissa and discusses the nature of migration in Western and coastal Orissa.

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   Mother and children by road in Johannesburg

   A mother and her children stand by a major road in Johannesburg
   License: Creative Commons
   Credit: kool_skatkat
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   HIV Vulnerabilities of Undocumented Migrants

   Projects - April 2009 to August 2009

   A study of HIV Vulnerabilities of Undocumented Migrants in Humanitarian Emergencies

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    Migration and Human Development in India

    Publication - Discussion papers - 1 April 2009

    Human Development Research Papers 2009/13

    Priya Deshingkar and Shaheen Akter

    This paper discusses how gaps in both the data on migration and the understanding of the role of migration in livelihood strategies and economic growth in India, have led to inaccurate policy prescriptions and a lack of political commitment to improving the living and working conditions of migrants.

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