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May–June-July 2007

New Fafo survey: Political chaos takes its toll - Palestinians are losing faith in their political leaders and want reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah 18 July 2007 According to a new poll by Fafo, Palestinians see national reconciliation as more important than peace talks with Israel. Eighty-five per cent of those polled would like to see negotiations between Fatah and Hamas. Fifty-eight per cent say they want peace negotiations with Israel, which is a decline by 20 percentage points from a similar poll in December 2006. Palestinians are in disagreement on the formation of the recent government. Half of the population believes the President did the right thing by instating the Emergency government. Press release Results from the survey

New Fafo-report on the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea 28 June 2007 This report, edited by Leenco Lata, are the proceedings of a scholarly conference on the Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict, held in Oslo 6–7 July in 2006. Writing from their unique perspectives as academics and practitioners from the region, the authors of the report offer their insights and views on the conflict, showing both the complexities and possible roads ahead. Read more and download the report

Lost livelihoods in Nahr El-Bared 18 June 2007 As a consequence of the armed struggle between the Islamist group Fatah al-Islam and the Lebanese Army in and around the Nahr El-Bared Palestinian refugee camp the past 3 weeks, the majority of its population has fled their homes, many to the nearby Beddawi refugee camp. Fafo Middle East expert Åge A. Tiltnes (pictured) has published the paper A Socio-economic Profile of the Nahr El-Bared and Beddawi Refugee Camps of Lebanon. Based on a recent household sample survey, this brief report presents statistics on the people residing in the two refugee camps affected by the crisis. Read more and download the paper Read interview with Tiltnes in The Daily Star of Lebanon

Malawian women and nutrition 5 June 2007 Fafo-researcher Anne Hatløy (pictured) is co-author of the article "Snacks are important for fat and vitamin intakes among rural African women: a cross-sectional study from Malawi", published in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2007), 1-6. The authors' conclusion after having studied 44 women in rural households is that a large proportion of fat, vitamin C and A and energy intakes were from snacks. Read more

Keeping Up. Living Conditions of Palestinian Refugees in Syria 15 May 2007 In this report, Fafo researcher Åge Tiltnes summarizes key findings from the living conditions survey of almost 5,000 Palestinian refugee households at 65 different locations in Syria in 2001. The main report from that survey, “Palestinian Refugees in Syria: Human Capital, Economic Resources and Living Conditions”, documented the situation of Palestinian refugees with respect to demography, health, education, employment, economic resources, social networks, and housing. Read more

New Fafo-paper: The Nordic regimes of labour market governance 8 May 2007 Fafo research director Jon Erik Dølvik (pictured) has published a new paper within Fafo's programme titled ‘Leadership, cooperation and corporate governance in Norway’. The purpose of Dølvik's paper The Nordic regimes of labour market governance: From crisis to success-story?is to provide an overview of important commonalities and differences between the Nordic labour regimes, and their paths of adjustment in recent decades. Read more

Palestinian self-determination 23 April 2007 Fafo researcher Mark Taylor's article on Palestinian self-determination in Le Monde Diplomatique on the 2nd of April is published by Eurozine (a netmagazine for European cultural journals). In his article Taylor examines strategies for dealing the with a Hamas government in Palestine and asks "After Mecca, is there a peace strategy?" Read the article

Fafo breakfast seminar: Human Security: The Next Generation 16 May 2007 Fafo invites to a breakfast seminar on 23 May 2007, 8:30-10:30. Don Hubert, Director of Human Security Policy at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada, will speak on three generations of international policy development with respect to Human Security. Ambassador Jillian Stirk, Canadian Embassy to Norway, will make opening remarks. The seminar will be conducted in English. Register to pub@fafo.no Read more about the seminar