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51. Focal Point issue on development in Haiti (Mar 2009)
    Issue of Focal Point newsletter from the Canadian Foundation for the Americas on development in Haiti. Articles available in both English and French.
    16-01-2010 to development, disaster, economics, français, french, haiti, security
52. Haiti: From Natural Catastrophe to Economic Security
    A report by Paul Collier, author of 'The Bottom Billion', for the Secretary-General of the United Nations
    16-01-2010 to development, disasters, economics, environmental sustainability, haiti, infrastructure, markets, paul collier, private sector, reconstruction, un
53. Measure of America: American Human Development Project
    Effort to measure development gains in the U.S. across states and districts according to indicators in three key areas: health, education and income.
    02-11-2009 to accountability, development, education, hdi, health, impact, income, measurement, oxfam, us
54. Collaboration in Crises (Oxfam, Feb 2009)
    Report building on a set of 40 research studies in the tsunami affected regions of India and Sri Lanka aimed at improving the policies and practices of Oxfam and other aid agencies in the tsunami response, as well as contributing to humanitarian aid effectiveness in future emergencies. The studies cover a range of topics including disaster risk reduction (DRR), gender equity, climate change, physical and mental health, livelihoods, conflict, and local capacity.
    02-11-2009 to asia, collaboration, community, development, drr, learning, oxfam, rebuilding, research, tsunami
55. Learn from the Leaders: Best Practices in Serving Global Welfare (AMR Research, May 06 2009)
    Lessons from a study of commitments by companies and other organizations through the Clinton Global Initiative. The study focuses in particularly on commitments to help improve the global supply chain.
    21-10-2009 to collaboration, development, effectiveness, evaluation, health, impact, private sector, strategy, supply chain
56. Ideas 4 development
    Blog being used to gather input for European Development Days.
    16-10-2009 to accountability, development, donorship, europe, finance, governance, oda
57. Web2forDev: Web 2.0 for Development Gateway
    03-09-2009 to collaboration, development, mobile, social networking, technology, web 2.0
58. Guidebook of Financial Tools: Paying for Sustainable Environmental Systems (US EPA, 2008)
    Guide designed to assist environment officials with finding the means of financing environmental protection initiatives. The tools themselves could be more widely relevant for other development, DRR, and adaptation goals.
    12-08-2009 to bonds, cities, development, economics, environment, finance, financing, loans, local government, sustainability, taxes, tools, urban, us
59. Pro-poor Climate Change Adaptation in the Urban Centres of Low- and Middle-Income Countries (SDCC, 2008)
    This paper describes how urban centers in low- and middle-income countries concentrate a large proportion of those most at risk from the effects of climate change. The paper also develops an operational tool - an asset adaptation framework - that serves to highlight the measures and interventions needed to address not only long-term protection from climate change, but also to support low-income households and communities to cope with extreme-weather related disasters during pre-disaster damage limitation, immediate post-disaster responses and rebuilding.
    12-08-2009 to adaptation, cca, cities, climate change, community, development, poverty, pro-poor, urban, vulnerability
60. Exploring the science of complexity: Ideas and implications for development and humanitarian efforts (ODI, 2008)
    This paper details 10 concepts in complexity science using real world examples and then examines the implications of each concept for those working in the aid world.
    01-06-2009 to aid, complexity, development, humanitarian, odi, policy

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