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Analysis: Hard choices: When the Syria aid response runs out of money
11 June 2013
(IRIN
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Last week, the UN launched its largest ever appeal for $4.4 billion to help Syrians in need inside their country and in refugee settings throughout 2013. But as the needs continue growing, donors are increasingly fatigued. At this cost, is the aid operation sustainable?
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98210/Analysis-Hard-choices-When-the-Syria-aid-response-runs-out-of-money
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Amid Syrian crisis, Iraqi refugees in Jordan forgotten
6 June 2013
(IRIN
),
Up to 10 years after fleeing violence in their country, many Iraqi refugees living in Jordan are poor, failing to integrate, and unable to return home or get resettled in a third country.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98180/Amid-Syrian-crisis-Iraqi-refugees-in-Jordan-forgotten
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Iraq 10 years on: Less dependent on food rations
7 May 2013
(IRIN
),
The number of Iraqis without secure access to food dropped by more than a quarter of a million people between 2007 and 2011, part of a generally positive trend of increasing food security in Iraq over the last decade.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97991/Iraq-10-years-on-Less-dependent-on-food-rations
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Iraq 10 years on: Women yet to regain their place
6 May 2013
(IRIN
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In the 1980s, Iraqi women enjoyed more basic rights than their counterparts in the region; today, despite steps taken after decades of conflict and sanctions, Iraqi women do not have equal educational or employment opportunities, and many are subjected to gender-based violence.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97976/Iraq-10-years-on-Women-yet-to-regain-their-place
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Iraq 10 years on: War leaves lasting impact on healthcare
2 May 2013
(IRIN
),
Of all the areas of Iraq’s development that were affected by the US-led invasion 10 years ago, healthcare has probably taken the biggest hit. And much of the damage incurred in the first few years of the invasion continues to have an impact on health indicators today.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97964/Iraq-10-years-on-War-leaves-lasting-impact-on-healthcare
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Iraq 10 years on: From aid restrictions to access challenges
1 May 2013
(IRIN
),
Aid work in Iraq has always had a bumpy ride, from the restrictions imposed under former president Saddam Hussein to the corruption associated with the Oil-for-Food Programme. But it has arguably never been as challenging as in the last decade, when violence and insecurity made access to much of the country nearly impossible.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97952/Iraq-10-years-on-From-aid-restrictions-to-access-challenges
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Iraq 10 years on: More freedom but less security?
29 April 2013
(IRIN
),
After a decade of sanctions, Iraq’s GDP has been growing consistently since 2003, and poverty rates have more than halved since 1990. But observers say billions of dollars in oil revenues have not translated into adequate gains in Iraqi well-being.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97937/Iraq-10-years-on-More-freedom-but-less-security
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Arab cities aim to build resilience to natural disasters
29 April 2013
(IRIN
),
Prevention may be better than a cure, but for the authorities in Arab cities and towns, natural disasters up to now have been largely about coping with them after they have taken place.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97941/Arab-cities-aim-to-build-resilience-to-natural-disasters
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Iraq 10 years on: Schools try to play catch-up
26 April 2013
(IRIN
),
Iraq’s education system was once the jewel of the Middle East. Today, it is struggling to catch up, with five million children out of school, according to a 2007 survey.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97928/Iraq-10-years-on-Schools-try-to-play-catch-up
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Iraq 10 years on: Economy grows, but how many benefit?
24 April 2013
(IRIN
),
After a decade of sanctions, Iraq’s GDP has been growing consistently since 2003, and poverty rates have more than halved since 1990. But observers say billions of dollars in oil revenues have not translated into adequate gains in Iraqi well-being.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97909/Iraq-10-years-on-Economy-grows-but-how-many-benefit
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Iraq 10 years on: the humanitarian impact
23 April 2013
(IRIN
),
Ten years after the toppling of Iraq’s former leader Saddam Hussein, human development statistics – flawed as they are – paint a complex portrait of a country that has seen improvement over the last decade, but is still largely struggling.
http://www.irinnews.org/In-depth/97897/107/Iraq-10-years-on-the-humanitarian-impact
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Iraq 10 years on: The forgotten displacement crisis
23 April 2013
(IRIN
),
At the height of Iraq’s sectarian violence in 2007, some five million people were displaced from their homes. In recent years, people have returned in larger numbers, but two million remain either refugees or internally displaced.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97905/Iraq-10-years-on-The-forgotten-displacement-crisis
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Iraq 10 years on: Are the taps flowing?
22 April 2013
(IRIN
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While access to clean water has improved over the last decade, more than one quarter of Iraqis still have less than two hours of access to water from the general network every day.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97894/Iraq-10-years-on-Are-the-taps-flowing
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Iraq 10 years on: Humanitarian overview
22 April 2013
(IRIN
),
Ten years after the toppling of Iraq’s former leader Saddam Hussein, human development statistics – flawed as they are – paint a complex portrait of a country that has seen improvement over the last decade, but is still largely struggling.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97895/Iraq-10-years-on-Humanitarian-overview
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Iraq 10 years on: Blistering black-outs
22 April 2013
(IRIN
),
Despite investment in the generation capacity in recent years, Iraq’s electricity supply system remains unreliable, offering an average of eight hours of electricity a day.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97896/Iraq-10-years-on-Blistering-black-outs
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In Iraq’s disputed territories, a health services vacuum
2 April 2013
(IRIN
),
The status of Iraq’s disputed territories was supposed to be resolved by a referendum in 2007. More than five years later, the vote has not taken place. Meanwhile, residents have been caught in between, with neither the central government in Baghdad nor the Kurdish Regional Government in Erbil willing to provide basic services. Those in need of healthcare have few options.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97771/In-Iraq-s-disputed-territories-a-health-services-vacuum
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Syria’s brain drain – another twist to the country’s crisis
26 March 2013
(IRIN
),
The exodus of educated and skilled Syrians is increasingly depleting the country’s workforce and the quality of its health services, already strained by two years of conflict. IRIN spoke to professionals inside and outside Syria about the difficult choice they faced and the impacts of their decisions to stay or leave - both on themselves and their country.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/97736/Syria-s-brain-drain-another-twist-to-the-country-s-crisis
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Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab world
20 March 2013
(IRIN
),
Nearly 300 government officials, scientists, aid workers and activists from across the Arab world are working together in Jordan to draw up the first joint regional platform for disaster risk reduction (DRR).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97685/Disaster-Risk-Reduction-in-the-Arab-world
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Export oil, import water – the Middle East’s risky economics
5 March 2013
(IRIN
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The world’s driest region, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), is getting drier at an alarming rate.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97596/Export-oil-import-water-the-Middle-East-s-risky-economics
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The use and abuse of humanitarian principle
19 February 2013
(IRIN
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Following the 9/11 attacks and the launch of the Global War on Terror, many humanitarian policy wonks spoke of a new era of heightened aid instrumentalization - that is the use of humanitarian action or rhetoric as a tool to pursue political, security, development, economic, or other non-humanitarian goals, which would muddy humanitarian principles and constrain access to those in need.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97502/The-use-and-abuse-of-humanitarian-principle
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