The Humanitarian Policy Group publishes regularly on aspects of work. New publications are listed below - to search the archive, use the form on the right-hand side.
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Authors: Sara Pavanello
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This baseline study, commissioned by CARE
International, identifies structural issues behind
livestock marketing in Mandera Central and West
in Kenya and the Borana zone in Ethiopia. The
study also aims to provide potential entry points
for action to improve livestock marketing in the
region.
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Published by ODI.
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Authors: Edward J Clay
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This paper provides background to and a critical commentary on often complex international negotiations about the future of food aid and sets out the issues at stake that are otherwise the subject of informal discussions because of perceived political sensitivities.
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Authors: Paul Harvey, Karen Proudlock, Edward Clay, Barry Riley and Susanne Jaspars
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This report presents the findings of a review of changes in food aid and food assistance policies and strategies within the international aid system.
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Published by ODI.
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Authors: Paul Harvey, Karen Proudlock, Edward Clay, Barry Riley and Susanne Jaspars
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This synthesis paper examines the changes in food aid and food assistance policies and highlights the key findings and issues of broader relevance arising from this reasearch such as issues around definitions, the future of the Food Aid Convention and a new food security architecture.
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Authors: various authors
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Articles in the latest issue explore mental health training following 9/11, the societal impacts of natural disasters and disaster response coordination through social networks.
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Published by ODI and Wiley-Blackwell.
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Authors: Susanne Jaspars, Sorcha O'Callaghan
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This HPG Policy Brief summarises the findings of research examining the links between protection and livelihoods in conflict. Based on case studies in Chechnya, Darfur, the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and Sri Lanka, the study explores the inter-connections between protection and livelihoods in terms of the threats people face and their actions in response
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Authors: Ellen Martin
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In response to UN World Refugee Day, a new blog by Ellen Martin looks at the implications of rapid urbanisation for displaced, returnee and resident populations in Juba.
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Authors: Ellen Martin
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Juba, South Sudan is thriving. But the city's poor are being excluded from its progress.
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Authors: Sarah Collinson, Samir Elhawary and Robert Muggah
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This HPG Working Paper considers the implications of ‘stabilisation’ for international humanitarian action. It argues that, while humanitarian actors have been most preoccupied with the growing engagement of the military in the humanitarian
sphere, it is trends in international political engagement in these contexts that represent the more fundamental challenge.
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Authors: Samir Elhawary
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Humanitarians are concerned that a renewed emphasis on 'stabilising' fragile states could politicise humanitarian relief, according to a new HPG working paper.
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Published by ODI.
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Authors: Susanne Jaspars
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This report presents the findings of a study carried out in Northern Darfur in November and December 2009 on the role of communitybased organisations and groups, as well as local institutions more generally, in addressing food security and threats to livelihoods.
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Authors: Matthew Foley
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While humanitarian aid is far from perfect, the picture may not be as bleak as painted in a new book on aid and war.
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Authors: Sarah Bailey
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This paper analyses how early recovery activities are financed through humanitarian appeals, focusing primarily on Consolidated Appeals (CAPs), so that donors and aid agencies can better understand what is being financed and why.
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Authors: Adele Harmer, Ellen Martin.
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HPG’s latest research examines the role of non-DAC donors in relation to three contexts – the response to the Israeli offensive in Lebanon in 2006; the response to the earthquake of 2005, and floods in June 2007 in Pakistan; and the ongoing response to the protracted conflict in Darfur, Sudan.
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Authors: various authors
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Amongst other subjects, articles in the latest issue explore community cohesion after natural disasters, organisational socialisation in a crisis context, urban earthquake hazard and disaster recovery, and financing of internal displacement.
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Authors: IRC
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The short film highlights the daily struggles facing thousands of urban refugees living in the Kenyan capital city of Nairobi. In their own words, the refugees tell of how they face poverty, harassment and violence as they make their way in the urban environment.
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Published by ODI.
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