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Child Survival and the Fertility of Refugees in Rwanda after the Genocide [PDF]

open access: yes
In the 1960s and 1990s, internal strife in Rwanda has caused a mass flow of refugees into neighbouring countries. This paper explores the cumulated fertility of Rwandan refugee women and the survival of their children.
Jan Van Bavel, Philip Verwimp
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The World at our Doorstep [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The Onondaga Citizens League studied the issues of refugee resettlement in Central New York. The purposes of the study were to first develop a clearer picture and understanding of the refugee dynamic in Onondaga County -- the needs, the service continuum

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Examining New Donors in the OECD's Development Assistance Committee

open access: yesJournal 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Refugee camp security : decreasing vulnerability through demographic controls [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In the past, refugee camp security has been examined in many lights; however, the demographic make-up of camps has not been focused on. In this article, I present a quantitative model that examines attacks on refugee camps. I argue that the likelihood of
Johnson, Richard
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The Art of Reception: Field Visits as Microcosms for Development Interventions of Non‐Governmental Organisations in Uganda

open access: yesJournal 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

Managing Technological Innovation for Social Good: A Systematic Literature Review

open access: yesStrategic 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   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An online intervention designed to reduce self‐stigma and increase help‐seeking in Arabic‐speaking refugees with posttraumatic stress symptoms: A randomized controlled trial

open access: yesJournal of Traumatic Stress, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite elevated rates of psychopathology, refugees underutilize mental health services. Mental health self‐stigma is a prominent barrier to accessing psychological support; however, there is limited research on intervention approaches to reduce self‐stigma among refugees.
Natalie Mastrogiovanni, Angela Nickerson
wiley   +1 more source

Taking efficacious treatments for posttraumatic stress beyond the bedside: Exploration of successes and challenges in training community and lay providers across the globe

open access: yesJournal of Traumatic Stress, EarlyView.
Abstract Although there is considerable data to support the efficacy of several treatments for trauma‐related disorders, the traumatic stress field continues to struggle with adequate implementation and uptake of such treatments in real‐world settings, which greatly contributes to persistent health disparities in these disorders.
Anu Asnaani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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