Hjälp- & biståndsprogram

»Om du möter en brunbjörn i de svenska skogarna ska du prata lugnt med den och backa. Ser den ut att vilja anfalla hjälper det att spela död. Men den ryskåbjörnen är inte en brunbjörn, utan en svartbjörn. Blir du attackerad och lägger dig på marke...

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Sverige var ett föregångsland när det gäller internationellt bistånd. Idag attackeras den traditionella biståndspolitiken från olika fronter, både i Sverige och internationellt. Men vad är den historiska bakgrunden till dessa debatter? En svindlan...

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Varifrån kommer den starka livsglädje som bryter igenom i så många möten mellan människor? I en personlig bok om femton år i Afrika, med döden som ständig följeslagare, berättar Anders Jeppsson om vaccinationsprogram, om bekämpande av pandemier oc...

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Sveriges internationella bistånd 2008 var 28 miljarder kronor. Det är ett nästintill ofattbart belopp. Om man jämför med vad det på sin tid kostade att bygga Öresundsbron, 20 miljarder, blir siffran mer gripbar. Men var tar pengarna vägen? Används...

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NAVIGATION I MÅNGFALDEN är en bok med berättelser från platser i världen där äventyret är en del av det dagliga arbetet. Vi får följa författarens omtumlande upplevelser varvade med djupborrande analyser. Han går omkring bland döda kroppar i Rwand...

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Dambisa Moyo's Dead Aid reveals why millions are actually poorer because of aid, unable to escape corruption and reduced, in the West's eyes, to a childlike state of beggary. We all want to help. Over the past fifty years $1 trillion of developmen...

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Heart-breaking, hopeful and horrifying, I Shall Not Hate is a Palestinian doctor's inspiring account of his extraordinary life, growing up in poverty but determined to treat his patients in Gaza and Israel regardless of their ethnic origin. A Lond...

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"Spännande om viktiga insatser". Dokumentär. Boken handlar om Barbro Björklunds insatser som sjuksköterska i områden som minst sagt inte är lika trygga som Sverige. Hon beskriver engagerat livet i olika oroshärdar. Vi läsare får en rivstart när Ba...

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We are all aware of the extreme hunger and poverty that afflict the world's poor. We hear the facts, see the images on television, buy the T-shirt and are moved as individuals and governments to dig deep into our pockets. Yet what happens to all t...

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Sommaren 1945 fördes tusentals överlevande från det före detta koncentrationslägret Bergen-Belsen till Sverige i en räddningsaktion genomförd av United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) i samarbete med Svenska Röda Korset oc...

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The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Complex coordination across time, space, and cultures involves a great deal of uncertainty. This uncertainty may be accepted and handled with judgment and pragmati...

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From natural disaster areas to conflict zones, humanitarian workers today find themselves operating in diverse and difficult environments. While humanitarian work has always presented unique ethical challenges, such efforts are now further complic...

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At turns surprising, funny, and gut-wrenching, this is the hopeful story of the ordinary yet extraordinary people who have figured out how to build lasting peace in their communities The word "peacebuilding" evokes a story we've all heard over and...

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This handbook is a foundational text which offers a comprehensive, accessible analysis of personal data protection law, and its significance to humanitarian organizations. Bringing together years of research on personal data protection principles,...

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In 2010, Haiti was ravaged by a brutal earthquake that affected the lives of millions. The call to assist those in need was heard around the globe. Yet two years later humanitarian efforts led by governments and NGOs have largely failed. Resources...

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A twentieth-century innovation, foreign aid has become a familiar and even expected element in international relations. But scholars and government officials continue to debate why countries provide it: some claim that it is primarily a tool of di...

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Boken beskriver arbetet ombord i lastutrymmet och i cockpit i en Tp84 Hercules. Författaren Björn Magnusson har nästan 8000 flygtimmar i Tp84 med flygningar till katastrofområden, krigsområden och många andra typer av civila och militära uppdrag ö...

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Calderisi shows that Africa has steadily lost markets by its own mismanagement; that corrupt, dictatorial regimes have hobbled agriculture, enterprise and foreign investment; that African family values and fatalism are more destructive than tribal...

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Dark Star Safari is Paul Theroux's now classic account of a journey from Cairo to Cape Town. Travelling across bush and desert, down rivers and across lakes, and through country after country, Theroux visits some of the most beautiful landscapes o...

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War is at a tipping point: we're passing from the age of industrial warfare to a new era of computerised warfare, and a renewed risk of great-power conflict. Humanitarian response is also evolving fast--'big aid' demands more and more money, while...

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Boken En del av mitt liv tar oss med till fjärran länder, vissa drabbade av krig, andra av hiv och annat mänskligt lidande. Vi möter mödrar, barn och fäder, ofta i deras svåraste ögonblick i livet. Historier som kan visa hur världen på sina ställe...

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First discovered in 1976, and long regarded as an easily manageable virus affecting isolated rural communities, Ebola rocketed to world prominence in 2014 as a deadly epidemic swept through Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia in West Africa. Thousan...

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Social Welfare Policy in South Africa examines the South African government's response to social welfare challenges during and after apartheid. The book analyses social welfare policy reforms in South Africa from the social contract perspective. T...

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Disasters are increasing in frequency and intensity across the world, causing significant destruction to individuals and communities. Yet many social workers are ill-prepared for the demands of this field of practice. This book discusses the role ...

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Love, corruption, violence and the dangerous politics of aid in the Sudan, by an exciting new writer. Emma McCune's passion for Africa, her unstinting commitment to the children of the Sudan, and her striking glamour set her apart from other aid w...

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Love, corruption, violence and the dangerous politics of aid in the Sudan, by an exciting new writer.Emma McCune's passion for Africa, her unstinting commitment to the children of the Sudan, and her striking glamour set her apart from other aid wo...

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We are bombarded with images of poverty, terrorism, war and collapsing states. Do we ever question what the root cause of these problems might be? Noreena Hertz, one of the world's leading experts on economic globalization, tackles Third World Deb...

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The incredible story of Gyles Mackrell and his Burmese, elephant-assisted wartime rescue mission.In the summer of 1942, Gyles Mackrell - a decorated First World War pilot and tea plantation overseer, performed a series of heroic rescues in the hel...

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