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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. 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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  3. The looming deadline for the Millennium Development Goals: 2015

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 29 June 2009
    The deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is in 2015, and several policy makers contend that it is time to begin thinking about the ‘MDG-plus’ agenda. On 23 June 2009, they gathered for a High Level Policy Forum --  After 2015: promoting pro-poor growth after the MDGs  -- in   Brussels.

    As someone new to the high-level policy debate on MDGs, I came out of this forum reminded of the Indian parable of the six blind men of Industan - each defining the shape of an elephant by the respective body part he touched.

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  4. UNICEF/EC Toolkits on Child Rights

    Projects - June 2009 to March 2010

    A comprehensive review and analysis of child rights in development and poverty reduction policy and programming processes, which will feed into an EC toolkit on children’s rights in development cooperation and government programming.

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  5. Child Rights Impact Assessment Materials

    Projects - May 2009 to July 2009

    This project is to prepare a concept note for a UNICEF workshop which will bring together experts in impact assessment and child rights with UNICEF and NGO staff with experience in working on Child Rights Impact Assessment (CRIA) materials or similar processes in the field. ODI will present the concept note and research findings for discussion to inform the content of various tools designed to assist in undertaking CRIA’s.

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  6. Conservation through use: Lessons from the Mesoamerican dry forest

    Publication - Books or book chapters - 19 May 2009
    Adrian Barrance, Kathrin Schreckenberg and James Gordon

    This book examines the concept of ‘conservation through use’, using the conservation of tree species diversity in Mesoamerican tropical dry forest in Honduras and Mexico as a case study.

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    Why Rule of Law matters for development

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 13 May 2009

    Rule of Law anchors the relationship between the State and its citizens around an agreed set of rules, but its construction can be a messy and complex business. While donors have, quite rightly, supported efforts to reform Rule of Law in developing countries, this Opinion argues that the results on the ground have been disappointing. This is, in part, because much donor support is targeted to specific areas of Rule of Law, such as police training.

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  9. Development Policy Review, vol. 27, no. 3

    Publication - Journal articles or issues - 30 April 2009
    Development Policy Review vol. 27, issue 3
    various authors

    Articles in the latest issue explore development issues associated with carbon labelling and low-income country exports, social development and MDG-consistent debt-sustainability, and property rights for poverty reduction.

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  10. Beyond Basic Needs: Programming for marginalised and vulnerable groups – The Australian Partnerships with African Communities (APAC) Programme

    Publication - Briefing papers - 1 April 2009
    ODI Project Briefings 19
    Fiona Samuels, Victoria James and Kerry Sylvester

    Based on evidence from Southern and Eastern Africa, this Project Briefing focuses on aspects of service delivery that go beyond the provision of basic services. It explores the ways in which NGOs in Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia have, increasingly, recognised the need to address issues of vulnerability and exclusion to achieve lasting changes.

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