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The Toll of War : The Economic and Social Consequences of the Conflict in Syria
World Bank - 2017
The Arab Spring protests marked the beginning of a new era in the Syrian Arab Republic in 2011. Minor public protests began almost immediately after the initial protests in Cairo in January 2011. The first large demonstrations began two months later in March, and the following months saw a...
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Community-based Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health Interventions in Nigeria : A Comparative Case Study Analysis on Best Practices
World Bank - 2013
maternal, newborn, and child nutrition and health outcomes, particularly in Northern Nigeria. It provides the comparative …This study discusses how to effectively engage in community-based nutrition and health programs aimed to improve … synthesis of four case studies, each of which included a community action component for improving nutrition and health outcomes …
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Violence in a post-conflict context : urban poor perceptions from Guatemala
Moser, Caroline O. N. - 2001
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Colombia - Peace Programmatic I : Demobilization and Reinsertion of Ex-Combatants in Colombia
World Bank - 2012
This report presents the results of the study on the demobilization and reinsertion of excombatants from illegal armed groups in Colombia. The report describes and analyzes the Colombian case, compares it with international experience, discusses critical issues of the current program, and...
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Recent Bank Support for Civil Service Reconstruction in Post-conflict Countries
World Bank - 2012
Civil service reconstruction is important in post-conflict countries because conflict erodes institutions and civil service capacity. And because successful reconstruction-in all sectors-requires domestic capacity to implement projects, a weak civil service undermines overall reconstruction...
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Voices of Youth in Post-Conflict Burundi : Perspectives on Exclusion, Gender, and Conflict
World Bank - 2013
This report examines youth in post-conflict Burundi. The research responds to the nascent but growing body of knowledge on conflict, young men and gender. War and violence have devastated societies and economies throughout Africa with young men being the main perpetrators of this violence. This...
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Guatemala : Expenditure Reform in a Post-Conflict Country
World Bank - 2013
This report is the third in a series of joint Government-World Bank reviews designed support Guatemala's peace process (See report nos. 15352 and 16392). As this report was under preparation in late 1998, Guatemala faced an emergency caused by Hurricane Mitch and increasing macroeconomic...
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Natural Resources and Violent Conflict : Options and Actions
Bannon, Ian - World Bank - 2003
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1. Natural Resources and Conflict: What We Can Do -- 2. The Natural Resource Curse: How Wealth Can -- 3. Who Gets the Money? Reporting Resource Revenues -- 4. Where Did It Come From? Commodity Tracking Systems -- 5....
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Life chances in Turkey : expanding opportunities for the next generation
Hentschel, Jesko (contributor) - 2010
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