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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. Rebuilding Libya: bring in the corporate sector

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 25 August 2011
    Now that the battle for Tripoli is seemingly over, so begins an infinitely more complex challenge of constructing a stable, prosperous and democratic country in Libya.

    A great many obstacles and challenges lie ahead for those engaged in this. However, what is clear is that the endeavour will be very much harder without the active involvement of the international corporate sector. This is not to advocate simply that foreign investment be sought and encouraged (which is necessary but insufficient).

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  3. Friend or foe? Military intervention in Libya

    Publication - Discussion papers - 6 May 2011
    HPG Briefing Notes
    The Humanitarian Policy Group
    This HPG Briefing Note looks at the international community's response to the conflict in Libya and reflects on the importance of robust civil-military coordination efforts to help manage the tensions between the military and humanitarian actors in this crisis and support more effective humanitarian outcomes.
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  4. Assessment on the implementation of the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development (MSSD) for the period 2005-2010

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 1 May 2011
    Nicola Cantore, Clive George, Dirk Willem te Velde
    The purpose of this report is to evaluate the work done so far and to provide the members of the Mediterranean Commission for Sustainable Development (MCSD) and the Contracting Parties with an Assessment Document showing the level of implementation of the MSSD since 2005 and ways to improve it and update it with a particular focus on environment/development issues.
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  5. Support to ACACIA partners: planning policy engagement

    Event - Webinar - 28 April 2011 12:00 - 15:00 (GMT+00)

    This webinar, facilitated by Ajoy Datta and Caroline Cassidy, served to enable 3 IDRC ACACIA research partners to share lessons from engaging with policy work and raise their awareness of key tasks and tools they could use to plan a policy engagement strategy

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  7. A rally against Muammar Gaddafi in Benghazi, Libya
    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

    International intervention in Libya: what does this mean for the protection of civilians?

    Event - Round-table - 5 April 2011 14:00 - 16:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

    This meeting brought together key humanitarian operational partners to discuss the situation in Libya, to reflect on the current response of the international community and its protection objectives.

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  9. Recent lessons from evaluations on budget support

    Event - Workshop - 22 March 2011 10:00 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

    The purpose of this session was to showcase and discuss some of the recent research work that has been carried out on budget support. The meeting  touched on the current OECD/DAC sponsored budget support evaluations that are taking place in Mali, Tunisia, and Zambia. It will cover issues related to new evaluation methodologies, policy implications – responding to emerging or familiar unresolved questions such as the role of conditionality and the right objectives of budget support - and outstanding evidence gaps.

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