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Vulnerability to disaster highlighted in new report
Briefing Paper
| May 21, 2013
No Accident,
Resilience and the inequality of risk
Mali: A New Development Contract
Briefing Note
| May 15, 2013
What kind of aid is needed to end the crisis?
Overtaken by Need
Briefing Note
| Apr 30, 2013
The world's failure to meet Syria's escalating humanitarian crisis
Learning the Lessons? (Summary)
Briefing Paper
| Apr 16, 2013
Assessing the response to the 2012 food crisis in the Sahel to build resilience for the future.
Learning the Lessons?
Briefing Paper
| Apr 16, 2013
Assessing the response to the 2012 food crisis in the Sahel to build resilience for the future
A quiet renaissance in American aid
Briefing Note
| Apr 10, 2013
How US reforms are making America a better partner in the fight against poverty
Alexis Nkurunziza, Transparency Expert
Briefing Note
| Apr 02, 2013
A researcher and human rights advocate is leveraging a tiny investment of US foreign aid to open up budgets and improve governance in Rwanda.
Colombia: Contested Spaces
Briefing Paper
| Mar 18, 2013
Oxfam research in the department of Nariño and in the Montes de María area of the department of Bolivar found that the Colombian government’s stabilization program (the National Consolidation Plan, or NCP) has not promoted peace, good governance, or sustainable development, as intended.
Getting It Right
Briefing Paper
| Mar 12, 2013
Arms and bullets continue to destroy lives, yet there is still no effective international regulation of the global arms trade.
Public Health at Risk
Briefing Paper
| Mar 04, 2013
Will US trade policy undermine global access to affordable medicines?
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