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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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  2. Alina Rocha Menocal

    Kenya's peaceful election doesn't make it a healthy democracy

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 22 March 2013
    'Overall, there is room to interpret the Kenyan elections with some optimism, but there are also real grounds for concern. Whether one sees the glass as half full or half empty, one thing is clear. This is no time to be complacent. The fate of Kenyan democracy hangs in the balance.'
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  3. Tearfund WASH service delivery in South Sudan: contributions to peace-building and state-building

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 21 March 2013
    Mickelle Kooy and Leni Wild
    This report forms part of a one-year DFID-funded research project, implemented by Tearfund and ODI, that aims to explore the links between service delivery of water supply and sanitation and the wider processes of state-building and peace-building in fragile and conflict-affected states. It has focused on Tearfund’s water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions implemented through the ‘Capacity Building to Improve Humanitarian Action in the Water Sanitation and Hygiene’ programme, funded by DFID CHASE. The objective of the programme was to increase the capacity of Tearfund disaster management team operations, local partner projects and local government departments in conflict-affected and humanitarian contexts, to support improved access to potable water, sanitation and public health education (PHE), resulting in sustainable improved health, well-being and dignity for grassroots communities.
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  4. Rhetoric versus realities: a diagnosis of rainwater management development processes in the Blue Nile Basin of Ethiopia

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 20 March 2013
    E. Ludi, A. Belay, A. Duncan, K. Snyder, J. Tucker, B. Cullen, M. Belissa, T. Oljira, A. Teferi, Z. Nigussie, A. Deresse, M. Debela, Y. Chanie, D. Lule, D. Samuel, Z. Lema, A. Berhanu, D. J. Merrey
    Ethiopia has invested extensively in rainwater management interventions, in particular soil and water conservation and afforestation, over the last 40 years, but often with disappointing impact. Given this limited success in natural resource conservation, a new approach is clearly needed, but what should it be? This report sets out some proposals.
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  8. Alberto Lemma

    Low carbon equals low cost? The Case of Kenya and Cambodia

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 14 March 2013
    It is often said that enterprises that cut down greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or their resource use reap long-term competitive benefits. That’s the theory. In reality, however, this may not be what motivates them: instead, they reduce their use of natural resources such as energy, water and raw materials to reduce their own production costs. In effect, the additional benefit of reduced carbon emissions is merely a positive spin-off.

    Mitigating climate change may not be their primary intention, but does it really matter if the end result is the same?
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  9. Public works scheme labourer
    Public works scheme labourer

    Labourer working in the Monga public works scheme
    License: ODI given rights
    Credit: Rachel Slater and Rebecca Holmes
    Source: ODI

    Rethinking public works and social protection for the 21st century

    Event - Public event - 6 March 2013 12:30 - 14:00 (GMT+00)

    The evolving role of Public Works is the theme of a joint ODI/World Bank lunchtime event to launch two books analysing the global application of these popular instruments and their role in addressing the challenges represented by the changing labour market structures of low and middle income countries in the 21st century.

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