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Humanitarian action and state-building in Conflict?
Photo © Arne Noel / World BankThe past few years have seen the revival of an old debate about the relationship between humanitarian action, military/peacekeeping intervention, and state-building....
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International norms and local realities
Outcomes matterAll too often, donors and development organizations push pre-fabricated institutional models on developing countries despite the checkered history of these arrangements. This is...
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INTERVIEW: Land Rights and Internally Displaced Persons in Colombia
In this exclusive interview with Senior Social Development Specialist Elena Correa, we discuss the results and lessons-learned from the project on Protection of Land and Patrimony of Internally...
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Overcoming past traumas to build a stable future
Skulls of Khmer Rouge victims. Photo by Adam Carr, February 2005.If your child is murdered or your friend is tortured or someone tries to kill you, it is tough to forgive and forget. Animosities that...
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Encouraging leaders to do the right thing
“Spare the stick, spoil the child.” Rewarding the rewardableThat was the advice from proponents of the tough love approach to parenting that prevailed in Victorian times. Plus ça change. Looking...
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Universal principles in revolutionary times
Demonstrating for the right to rightsI remember a Russian diplomat in Geneva in the 1980s telling me that his country believed strongly in the centrality of human rights. It was just that back in...
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