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Analysis: Bridging the development-versus-pollution gap in Pakistan
18 June 2013
(IRIN
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“I don't let them drink this water,” Muhammad said, gesturing towards a group of water-buffaloes cooling off in a canal not far from Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore. “This water is from the city. All of its garbage comes into it,” he explained.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98246/Analysis-Bridging-the-development-versus-pollution-gap-in-Pakistan
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Rakhine sectarian violence - one year on
13 June 2013
(IRIN
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One year after Myanmar's worst sectarian violence in decades, tension between the Buddhist ethnic Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities in the country's western Rakhine State remains high.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98219/Rakhine-sectarian-violence-one-year-on
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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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For some, the best bad choice: Returning from refuge to Syria
10 June 2013
(IRIN
),
An increasing number of refugees in Jordan have returned to Syria in recent weeks, abandoning the harsh life of a refugee camp for Syrian villages short of bread and safety.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98205/For-some-the-best-bad-choice-Returning-from-refuge-to-Syria
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Policy or happenstance? Jordan's dwindling Syrian refugee arrivals
9 June 2013
(IRIN
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Aid workers are struggling to understand fluctuating Syrian refugee flows into Jordan in recent weeks. The government insists the border remains open, but refugees tell harrowing stories of being turned back.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98195/Policy-or-happenstance-Jordan-s-dwindling-Syrian-refugee-arrivals
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Analysis: The dangers of rushing Mali elections
6 June 2013
(IRIN
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As international donors, notably France and the USA, as well as the Economic Community of West African States, push for July presidential elections in Mali, critics say doing so could foment factionalization in the north thus further destabilizing it, threaten ongoing negotiations over Kidal town, and hamper reconciliation and dialogue. IRIN spoke to analysts, citizen activists and would-be voters to glean their views.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98169/Analysis-The-dangers-of-rushing-Mali-elections
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Analysis: Keeping human rights on the agenda in Myanmar
6 June 2013
(IRIN
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As hundreds of representatives from 55 countries, including world leaders, business chiefs and media people meet in Myanmar for the World Economic Forum on East Asia, activists are warning the international community not to forget human rights.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98178/Analysis-Keeping-human-rights-on-the-agenda-in-Myanmar
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Analysis: Politicians, military undermine Guinea-Bissau’s stability
5 June 2013
(IRIN
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The small West African country of Guinea-Bissau is slated to hold fresh polls later this year after yet another coup, but opposition to security sector reform (SSR) by some in the army, the manipulation of the armed forces by politicians, as well as the military’s interference in politics could jeopardize a return to stability, analysts say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98167/Analysis-Politicians-military-undermine-Guinea-Bissau-s-stability
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Analysis: AU prepares its shock troops
31 May 2013
(IRIN
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A newly sanctioned African Union (AU) force for quick deployment in conflicts such as in Mali is being promoted as a stop-gap measure ahead of the planned formation of the “rapid deployment capability” (RDC) African Standby Force (ASF).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98139/Analysis-AU-prepares-its-shock-troops
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Analysis: Which technology to use for disaster management?
30 May 2013
(IRIN
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For decades, governments and NGOs have relied on private sector solutions to gather and interpret emergency data for crisis response, but a growing number of them have warmed in recent years to much cheaper "open-source" (OS) technology. IRIN spoke to experts around the world about their search for the most appropriate mix of technology to manage disasters.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98127/Analysis-Which-technology-to-use-for-disaster-management
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Equity takes centre stage
30 May 2013
(IRIN
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As aid officials haggle over ways to reduce developing countries’ disasters risks, they are increasingly looking to target the inequalities that make some communities more vulnerable than others.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98130/Equity-takes-centre-stage
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Analysis: Media outlets multiply, but aid communication still missing mark
28 May 2013
(IRIN
),
Whether it is Twitter or Sina Weibo (a Chinese Twitter-like microblog), YouTube or Facebook, neighbours or friends, the multiplicity of information outlets is shifting power from aid agencies to disaster-affected communities, according to a recently launched UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) report Humanitarianism in the Network Age.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98109/Analysis-Media-outlets-multiply-but-aid-communication-still-missing-mark
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Protecting civilians: A little less conversation, a little more action if you please
28 May 2013
(IRIN
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As asymmetric warfare becomes the norm and military operations take place in ever more urban and densely populated areas, governments are increasingly recognizing the importance of protecting civilians in the midst of conflict. But a large gap remains between the theoretically robust protection provided to civilians by international humanitarian law (IHL) and the realities on the ground. Recommendations from a recent conference aim to address this gap.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98113/Protecting-civilians-A-little-less-conversation-a-little-more-action-if-you-please
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Digital jobs offer skills, promise to Africa's unemployed youth
28 May 2013
(IRIN
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Although Africa’s economy has expanded rapidly in recent years, it has not kept pace with the growth of its youth population or their need for jobs.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98114/Digital-jobs-offer-skills-promise-to-Africa-s-unemployed-youth
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Analysis: Potential, pitfalls of "big data" for humanitarians
27 May 2013
(IRIN
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Humanitarians and crisis-affected communities are increasingly exploiting new technologies to gather near real-time information to prepare for, prevent and handle disasters, even as analysts caution against overreliance on “big data”.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98104/Analysis-Potential-pitfalls-of-big-data-for-humanitarians
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Analysis: Slowing Nigerian grain trade threatens Sahel food security
27 May 2013
(IRIN
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Northern Nigeria’s grain trade, which supplies almost half of the Sahel’s cereals, has slowed severely, while abnormally high prices of staple grains across the Sahel are causing serious food security concerns in this chronically vulnerable region.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98105/Analysis-Slowing-Nigerian-grain-trade-threatens-Sahel-food-security
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Analysis: Nigerians on the run as military combat Boko Haram
22 May 2013
(IRIN
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Tens of thousands of residents of northeastern Nigeria’s Borno State have fled their homes - thousands of them into neighbouring Niger and Cameroon - following airstrikes by Nigerian fighter jets on Boko Haram (BH) camps from 15 May.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98076/Analysis-Nigerians-on-the-run-as-military-combat-Boko-Haram
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Analysis: How to avoid a fourth year of serious flooding in Pakistan
21 May 2013
(IRIN
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Since 2010, monsoon rain in Pakistan has brought with it some of the biggest seasonal flooding in living memory.
Two months from this year’s rains, weather forecasters are already predicting above normal rainfall and in some areas standing water has yet to drain away from last year’s monsoon.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98071/Analysis-How-to-avoid-a-fourth-year-of-serious-flooding-in-Pakistan
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The making of the Hyogo2 disaster prevention framework
17 May 2013
(IRIN
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A month after the Indian Ocean tsunami struck in December 2004, affecting millions, 168 countries signed on to a 10-year plan to make the world safer from natural hazards. Yet the plan, the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015, focused primarily on “what to do to prevent disasters, but not enough on how to implement it,” says Neil McFarlane, chief coordinator and head of all regional programmes at the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98058/The-making-of-the-Hyogo2-disaster-prevention-framework
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Briefing: Egypt rethinks its subsidy system for the poor
14 May 2013
(IRIN
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The Egyptian government has taken tentative steps towards reducing the roughly US$20 billion subsidy system that supporters say provides vital aid to the one-in-four Egyptians in poverty, and critics say is unsustainable and enriches the corrupt.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98031/Briefing-Egypt-rethinks-its-subsidy-system-for-the-poor
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