New Online Reports and Research Publications

Please find below a list of updated and new publications on refugee studies and related topics. These have been accumulated from a range of online sources and links to the relevant full-text document are given where appropriate. This list will be made available on a regular basis via our Refugee Studies blog (http://refugee-archives.blogspot.com), as new resources become available.

If you find any other new resources, then do please let us know at: library-archives@uel.ac.uk.

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Title: The impact of the race equality duty on council services

Authors: Scottish Accounts Commission.
Publication Date: November 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/media/article.php?id=90
Source: Audit Scotland - http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/

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Title: World Development Report 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography.

Authors: The World Bank
Publication Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTWDRS/EXTWDR2009/0,,contentMDK:21966544~menuPK:4231158~pagePK:64167689~piPK:64167673~theSitePK:4231059,00.html
Source: The World Bank - http://www.worldbank.org/ (Web)

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Title: Livelihoods in crisis: a longitudinal study in Pader, Uganda - Year two update

Authors: By Kevin Savage, Celia Petty and James Acidri.
Publication Date: November 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.odi.org.uk/hpg/papers/wp-longitudinal-uganda-year2.pdf
Source: Overseas Development Institute – http://www.odi.org.uk/ (Web)

Additional Info: HPG Working Paper.

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Title: Information Sharing Models and Interoperability in National,
Cross-Border and International Crisis Management

Authors: Crisis Management Initiative
Publication Date: June 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EVOD-7FRJD3?OpenDocument
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (Web)

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Title: Gender Sensitivity: Nicety or Necessity in Peace Process
Management?

Authors: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Publication Date: June 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/SHIG-7L5DGN?OpenDocument
Source: ReliefWeb – http://www.reliefweb.int/ (Web)

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Title: Turkey and Iraqi Kurds: Conflict or Cooperation?

Authors: International Crisis Group.
Publication Date: November 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5777&l=1
Source: International Crisis Group - http://www.crisisgroup.org/ (Web)

Additional Info: (first paragraph of executive summary):

At a time when rising Arab-Kurdish tensions again threaten Iraq’s stability, neighbouring Turkey has begun to cast a large shadow over Iraqi Kurdistan. It has been a study in contrasts: Turkish jets periodically bomb suspected hideouts of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan, PKK) in northern Iraq, and Ankara expresses alarm at the prospect of Kurdish independence, yet at the same time has significantly deepened its ties to the Iraqi Kurdish region. Both Turkey and Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG, a term Turkey studiously avoids) would be well served by keeping ultra-nationalism at bay and continuing to invest in a relationship that, though fragile and buffeted by the many uncertainties surrounding Iraq, has proved remarkably pragmatic and fruitful.

Full Summary and PDF Download at: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5777&l=1

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Title: Microcredit and other loan programs in protracted refugee situations-- Lessons from the Alchemy Project

Authors: Karen Jacobsen.
Publication Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address: https://wikis.uit.tufts.edu/confluence/display/FIC/Microcredit+and+other+loan+programs+in+protracted+refugee+situations--+Lessons+from+the+Alchemy+Project
Source: Feinstein International Center. Tufts University - https://wikis.uit.tufts.edu/confluence/display/FIC/Feinstein+International+Center (Web)

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Title: 2006 Demographic Yearbook

Authors: United Nations.
Publication Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/default.htm
Source: UN Pulse – http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/lib/dhlrefweblog.nsf (Web)

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Title: Civilians in the line of fire. The Georgia-Russia conflict.

Authors: Amnesty International.
Publication Date: November 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/EUR04/005/2008/en/d9908665-ab55-11dd-a4cd-bfa0fdea9647/eur040052008eng.pdf
Source: Amnesty International – http://www.amnesty.org/ (Web)

Additional Info: EUR 04/005/2008. See also the Amnesty International Press Releases for this report, namely: Counting the civilian cost of the Georgia-Russia conflict at: http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/counting-civilian-cost-Georgia-Russia+conflict-20081118 ; and Georgia/Russia conflict: Counting the cost of war: Return, security and truth still a long way off at: http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/georgiarussia-conflict-counting-cost-war-return-security-and-truth-still

See also:
The human cost of war in Georgia (web feature) http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/the-human-cost-of-war-in...

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Title: Toolkit to Combat Human Trafficking

Authors: UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Publication Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/HT_Toolkit08_English.pdf
Source: UN Pulse – http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/lib/dhlrefweblog.nsf (Web)

Additional Info: The 2nd edition of the Toolkit to Combat Human Trafficking (full-text, pdf) has been released by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The 123 tools contained in the Toolkit offer guidance, recommended resources, and promising practices to policymakers, law enforcers, judges, prosecutors, victim service providers and members of civil society who are working in interrelated spheres towards preventing trafficking, protecting and assisting victims and promoting international cooperation. Read more about the work UNODC is doing in the area of human trafficking.

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Title: EU Accession and Public Service Performance.

Authors: Cardiff University’s Centre for Local and Regional Government.
Publication Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address: http://www.caerdydd.ac.uk/carbs/research/groups/clrgr/research/public/euaccession.pdf
Source: Welcome To Your Library Digest - www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk (Web)

Additional Info: Cardiff University’s Centre for Local and Regional Government analysed immigration data on new arrivals from the so-called A8 European accession countries of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia between 2005 and 2006.

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Title: Papers Please: the impact of the civil penalty regime on the employment rights of migrant workers in the UK.

Authors: Migrants’ Rights Network
Publication Date: 2008.
Publication URL Address:
Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog – http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/ (Web)

Additional Info: Papers Please is the first attempt to look at the impact of this new regime on migrant workers themselves. Based on interviews with migrants affected by the changes, trade union officials, and employer associations, it identifies worrying trends towards discrimination and an increase in tensions in workforces where migrant workers are present. The report relates these developments to wider concerns about increases in the vulnerability of migrant workers to exploitation and the erosion of basic employment rights. It calls for civil society organisations to better engage with the range of problems emerging in this troubled area, and for determined efforts to counter the effects of discrimination and the abuse of power. Report at weblink above or send an A4-size SAE with a 56p stamp to ‘Papers Please’ report, Migrants’ Rights Network, 253 Upper Street, London N1 1RY. For delivery outside the UK, or to inquire about receiving multiple copies of the report, email info@migrantsrights.org.uk to inquire about terms of delivery.

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