This article looks at China’s relationship with Sudan. The author suggest that by far the most significant and consequential area where China has and will continue to impact on Sudan is oil. Link to publication
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This report from 2007 assesses several critical environmental issues – such as land degradation, deforestation and the impacts of climate change – that threaten Sudan’s prospects for long-term peace, food security and sustainable development. Download
This paper seeks to understand how the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development’s Livestock Policy Initiative (IGAD LPI), a project jointly managed by IGAD and the Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative of FAO (PPLPI), can assist the poor livestock producers in the greater Horn of Africa to improve their livelihoods through strategic policy or institutional interventions. Download
This report from 2007 was designed to consolidate existing livelihood baseline information. The report portrays livelihood challenges and opportunities faced by people in various livelihood zones at that point in time. Download
This report (2006) examines the overlap between commercial activity (focussing on the oil and agriculture sectors) and human rights abuses in Sudan, thereby focusing on the NIF government’s economic activities. Download
The paper outlines some elements of a strategy for laying a sound base for sustained development that can lead to faster realization of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Southern Sudan.
This case study examines how alternative approaches to rinderpest eradication evolved in the complex emergency context of southern Sudan. The researchers also explore how initial experiences informed the establishment of a large scale community based animal health worker (CAHW) system. Although the case study is limited to experiences in southern Sudan, these findings have implications for UN interventions in other complex emergencies in Africa and elsewhere. Among other findings, the authors report that: The existing…
Through presentation of a case study, the paper (2005) highlights the dynamics of refugees’ social relations that extending across multiple geographical locations and examines how these competing spheres affecting refugees are managed. The role played by resettlement agencies responsible for assisting them is also discussed. Ultimately, the paper seeks to open the dialogue on this transformation affecting refugee livelihoods and well being, asking whether there is anything states or organizations can do to mitigate the…
This study from 2004, carried out through a partnership between FAO, UNHCR and NRC investigated existing agreements, statutes and customs, international documents and research on land dispute resolution mechanisms and propose recommendations for the immediate, short, medium and long term use of arbitration, mediation and conciliation and of the traditional equivalents of these legal tools. Download
This article (2003) explores linkages between the transnational activities of a Canadian oil company operating in Sudan and the human rights and humanitarian violations committed by the government of Sudan against the people of Southern Sudan in the course of the past civil war. Link to publication
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