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Temporary Protection: Towards a New Regional and Domestic Framework [PDF]

, 1998
During the past thirty-five years, the United States has seen the direct influx of thousands of individuals leaving politically unstable countries. While some seeking entry have proved themselves to be refugees and obtained permanent protection in the ...
Martin, Susan, Meyers, Deborah Waller, Schoenholtz, Andrew I.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Examining New Donors in the OECD's Development Assistance Committee

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do emerging donors integrate into the existing international aid architecture? While the existing literature focuses largely on emerging donors from the Global South, such as Brazil, China, India and Russia, there are many emerging donors from the Global North that have joined the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC)—the premier ...
Nicolas Bau, Simone Dietrich, Katharina Fleiner, Alice Iannantuoni   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Art of Reception: Field Visits as Microcosms for Development Interventions of Non‐Governmental Organisations in Uganda

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Field visits are common phenomena with non‐governmental organisations in Uganda. During these visits, Ugandan national staff guide visitors on series of meetings and interactions in the field. Following an actor‐oriented approach and drawing on ethnographic data on 14 field visits, this paper understands the field visit as a microcosm for the ...
Caspar Edward Swinkels
wiley   +1 more source

Refugee Crossroads in Africa

Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies
There are several refugee crossroads in Africa. One of the most significant and most recent is in the Sahel, where refugees from Sudan, Central African Republic, and Cameroon flee to the country of Chad.
Béla Szilágyi
doaj   +1 more source

The Requirements of International Climate Change Law in Line With the Legal Protection of Environmental Refugees [PDF]

Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i ̒Umūmī
IntroductionClimate change is progressing rapidly, and its associated risks are intensifying. Evidence shows that these hazards can significantly affect lives and livelihoods around the world, often pushing vulnerable individuals, communities, and ...
Rozhin Taghdisi Nezhad, Kian Biglarbeigi, Amirsaed Vakil   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons, And International Humanitarian Law [PDF]

, 2004
The fact that war is the primary cause of people being uprooted prompts us to ask what protection the law of armed conflict affords refugees and displaced persons. How does humanitarian law protect groups of civilians from being forced to flee?
Bugnion, Francois
core   +1 more source

How Well Do CMIP6 Models Simulate the Influence of the West African Westerly Jet on Sahel Precipitation?

International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
Climate models generally reproduce the WAWJ and August peak but simulate its onset prematurely and too strongly relative to ERA5. CMIP6 simulations struggle to reproduce the jet–precipitation relationship in the Sahel and underrepresent associated moisture transports.
Akintunde I. Makinde, Babatunde J. Abiodun, Rachel James, Richard Washington, Ellen Dyer, Tom Webb   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing Technological Innovation for Social Good: A Systematic Literature Review

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The past decades have seen a growing recognition of a need to develop novel solutions to effectively and efficiently deliver inclusive values to society. However, the evolving literature in innovation management, for example, in the discourse of social innovation or responsible innovation, has yet to produce a consolidated knowledge base for ...
Qijun Zhou, Honglan Yu, Ming Chen, Matt Snell, Kweku Adams   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Refugees for Refugees: Musicians between Confinement and Perspectives

Arts, 2019
Driven by the solidarity movements following the “refugee crisis” of 2015, the Brussels-based non-profit organization Muziekpublique, specialized in the promotion of so-called “world music”, initiated the Refugees for Refugees ...
Hélène Sechehaye, Marco Martiniello
doaj   +1 more source

Description and Predictive Factors of individual outcomes in a refugee camp based mental health intervention (Beirut, Lebanon) [PDF]

, 2013
There is little evidence on the effectiveness of services for the care of people with mental disorders among refugee populations. Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) has established a mental health centre in a mixed urban-refugee population in Beirut to ...
Alison Jones, Annick Antierens, EG Karam, L McDougal, Ludovic Rossel, M Porter, Mathieu Bastard, Pablo Melgar, Pierre Bastin, Richard Fielding, Z Hijazi   +10 more
core   +3 more sources