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Die Wirkung von Wetterschocks auf Gewalt: eine Fallstudie aus Ostafrika
Calderone, Margherita - In: DIW Wochenbericht 81 (2014) 41, pp. 1029-1033
connection between temperature fluctuations and conflicts in North and South Sudan. In addition, the analysis sheds light on the …
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Mortality in Darfur: Lessons for Humanitarian Policy
Degomme, Olivier - Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex - 2011
In recent years there has been considerable debate over how best to formulate reliable estimates of conflict mortality rates. However, in formulating humanitarian policy to respond to violent conflicts it is important to go beyond crude mortality rates to look at the causes and timings of...
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Addressing weather shocks: Promoting resilient aspirations for the rural poor:
Kosec, Katrina; Khan, Huma; Seyoum Taffesse, Alemayehu; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
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What methods may be used in impact evaluations of humanitarian assistance?
Puri, Jyotsna; Aladysheva, Anastasia; Iversen, Vegard; … - Households in Conflict Network - 2014
Despite the widespread occurrence of humanitarian emergencies such as epidemics, earthquakes, droughts, floods and violent conflict and despite the significant financial resources devoted to humanitarian assistance, systematic learning from such interventions using rigorous theory-based impact...
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What Methods May Be Used in Impact Evaluations of Humanitarian Assistance?
Puri, Jyotsna; Aladysheva, Anastasia; Iversen, Vegard; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Despite the widespread occurrence of humanitarian emergencies such as epidemics, earthquakes, droughts, floods and violent conflict and despite the significant financial resources devoted to humanitarian assistance, systematic learning from such interventions using rigorous theory-based impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125874
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Oil and Agriculture in the Post-Separation Sudan
Siddig, Khalid H.A. - Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Khartoum - 2012
The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which was signed by the government of Sudan and the Sudanese People …’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) ended more than 20 years of civil war. According to the CPA, the Sudan’s government has 50% of the oil … about 30% of the total oil production in Sudan. In January 2011, the people in southern Sudan have voted for separation from …
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Sudan: Staff Monitored Program-Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sudan
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Context: Sudan is a fragile state mired in a heavy debt burden, international sanctions, and volatile … Sudan in 2011, resulting in the buildup of large economic imbalances. The authorities have embarked on a stabilization … program and are expecting that a return of peace in South Sudan will ensure continuation of oil flows, which are crucial for …
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Resilience to climate-induced conflict in the Horn of Africa:
Calderone, Margherita; Headey, Derek D.; Maystadt, … - In: Resilience for food and nutrition security
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Pastoralism and resilience south of the Sahara:
Little, Peter D.; McPeak, John G. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
communities in the face of increasingly extreme weather events. The other is recurrent humanitarian crises, especially traced to … the most recent drought†and conflictâ€induced 2011 disaster in the Horn of Africa. …
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State of Indian Agriculture 2011-12
eSocialSciences - 2012
The report reviews the status and performance of agriculture, especially during the last two decades, and also presents what could be the way forward, given our objectives of accelerated growth, inclusiveness and the reducing of poverty and hunger. [Ministry of Agriculture Report]....
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