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Iraq Reconstruction: Read the Full Report and Lessons Learned

Iraq Reconstruction: Read the Full Report and Lessons Learned

The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction wrapped up a review of nine years' worth of rebuilding projects in Iraq and issued a report Wednesday that found out of $60 billion the United States spent, at least $8 billion was "wasted." LARISA EPATKO, PBS Newshour, March 6, 2013

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John Daly on March 7, 2013

Learning From Iraq A Final Report From the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction

Learning From Iraq A Final Report From the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction

"A Final Report From the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction culminates SIGIR's nine-year mission overseeing Iraq's reconstruction. It serves as a follow-up to our previous comprehensive review of the rebuilding effort, Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience. "This study provides much more than a recapitulation of what the reconstruction program accomplished and what my office found in the interstices. While examining both of these issues and many more, Learning From more...

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John Daly on March 7, 2013

Briefing on funding to the Syria crisis

Briefing on funding to the Syria crisis

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The UN and partners have launched two funding appeals to meet humanitarian needs resulting from the crisis in Syria, the Syria Humanitarian Response Plan(SHARP) and the Syria Regional Response Plan (RRP). Together these appeals request US$1.5 billion, with around US$1 billion for the RRP, to meet the needs of more than half a million refugees who have fled Syria to Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt and US$519 million through the SHARP to meet the needs of over 4 million people inside more...

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D C on February 10, 2013

2013 Iraq Health Care Sector Outlook

2013 Iraq Health Care Sector Outlook

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The report provides unparalleled insight into one of the lesser known emerging markets for Health Care in the Middle East. It shows that total health care spending in Iraq will increase to between US$10-12 billion a year by 2014, and that privatization of the health care system will begin to emerge as restructuring of state owned enterprises gathers steam. The report outlines the key market, political, economic, institutional and regulatory trends affecting the health care and more...

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Geopolicity Inc. on November 26, 2012

Administrative detention of children: a global report

Administrative detention of children: a global report

Administrative detention occurs when, as a result of a decision of an executive or administrative body, a child is placed in any public or private setting from which he or she cannot leave at will. The purpose of this study is to examine: - What is meant by administrative detention. - The extent to which administrative detention is used worldwide. - The contexts and circumstances in which children are placed in administrative detention, and the profile of children held in administrative more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 14, 2012

Understanding the root causes of conflicts: Why it matters for international crisis management

Understanding the root causes of conflicts: Why it matters for international crisis management

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The analysis of protracted conflicts often fails to properly identify the root causes that lead to violence and broken societies. This paper tries to shed light on the way causal analysis and holistic approaches to examining conflicts can enhance crisis management and conflict resolution methods. The author embraces the human needs theory that considers conflicts as the result of a process driven by unfulfilled needs and collective fears. Understanding the root causes of conflict and its more...

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D C on April 19, 2012

Women in the U.S. Military: Growing share, distinctive profile

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The women who serve in today’s military differ from the men who serve in a number of ways. Compared with their male counterparts, a greater share of military women are black and a smaller share are married. Also, women veterans of the post-9/11 era are less likely than men to have served in combat and more likely to be critical of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In other ways, however, military women are not different from military men: they are just as likely to be officers; they joined the more...

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D C on March 26, 2012

Introduction to the Commitment to Development Index

Introduction to the Commitment to Development Index

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David Roodman, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington, DC, introduces the Commitment to Development Index, an annual ranking of wealthy nations on how much they help poorer ones.

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D C on November 7, 2011

Beyond Red vs. Blue: The political typology

Beyond Red vs. Blue: The political typology

people-press.org –

A growing number of Americans are choosing not to identify with either political party, and the center of the political spectrum is increasingly diverse. Rather than being moderate, many of these independents hold extremely strong ideological positions on issues such as the role of government, immigration, the environment and social issues. For political leaders in both parties, the challenge is not only one of appeasing ideological and moderate "wings" within their coalitions, but rather more...

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D C on October 3, 2011

Don’t knock aid

Don’t knock aid

architecturefordevelopment.com –

Once upon a time, donors were satisfied with inputs. Then they noticed that the inputs weren’t producing “results”, so they shifted to “outputs.” Then they shifted to “outcomes”. And now we have “impacts”. All common sense, at one level: but the fact is that in most cases the poor were quite happy with the inputs. Donors have also shifted from a charity model, to development, to sustainable development. And most donors see their giving nowadays as “investments”, rather than… giving. So what more...

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D C on September 20, 2011

Iraq - a forgotten mission? The United States needs to sustain a diplomatic presence to preserve gains and avoid waste as the U.S. military leaves Iraq

Iraq - a forgotten mission? The United States needs to sustain a diplomatic presence to preserve gains and avoid waste as the U.S. military leaves Iraq

wartimecontracting.gov –

FY 2010 appropriations allowed State to begin work on its new facilities in Iraq, which entails reconfiguring parts of some property held by the Department of Defense and undertaking some new construction. But without substantial increases to sustain operations for FY 2011 and beyond, it is inevitable that some missions and capabilities will be degraded or sacrificed altogether - and that large outlays of taxpayer funds will have been wasted. Expanding and sustaining State’s presence in Iraq more...

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D C on September 8, 2011

Costs of War

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The Eisenhower Study Group at Brown University in the United States has produced this website with its estimates of the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The site provides estimates of the human costs, the economic costs and the social and political costs; it also discusses benefits. "(T)he wars begun ten years ago have been tremendously painful for millions of people in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan, and the United States, and economically costly as well. Each additional month and more...

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John Daly on July 27, 2011

The War in Afghanistan: A Race Against Time, Resources, And The Enemy

The War in Afghanistan: A Race Against Time, Resources, And The Enemy

The Burke Chair has prepared a report based on a recent trip to Afghanistan, and discussions with US officials and commanders. The full report is entitled The War in Afghanistan: A Race Against Time, Resources, and the Enemy.The trip report and detailed analyses reveal a NATO/ISAF effort that has made progress in many areas: the fight against the Taliban, the development of Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), some important aspects of Afghan governance, and some aspects of the development more...

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Moushumi Biswas on June 23, 2011

Crumbling Threats Against Archaeological Pursuits

Crumbling Threats Against Archaeological Pursuits

Written by Holly L. and Eoin Stewart, CEO of Obelisk International LLC There are hundreds of active archaeological sites around the globe and many of them are in places of civil and political unrest. From Libya to Iran, government and privately funded teams of researchers and archaeologist are working to preserve and uncover history. As many of these people are not nationals of the home country in which they are working in this could lead them to be placed in serious risk of harm and could more...

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Rachel A on June 13, 2011

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Beyond Bin Laden, Winning the War of Perceptions for Success in Afghanistan - Diplomatic Courier interview with M. Ashraf Haidari

Beyond Bin Laden, Winning the War of Perceptions for Success in Afghanistan - Diplomatic Courier interview with M. Ashraf Haidari

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Beyond Bin Laden, Winning the War of Perceptions for Success in Afghanistan Written by Diplomatic Courier | 15 May 2011 An interview with M. Ashraf Haidari, who works with the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and formerly served as the Deputy Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States. Diplomatic Courier: What do you think of the U.S. strategy for Afghanistan; is it succeeding? Haidari: The U.S. Afghanistan strategy is comprehensive in scope, pledging to provide the more...

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M. Ashraf Haidari on May 22, 2011

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