Monad Transformers allow to combine the functionality of more than one monad. See these external resources (http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Monad_Transformers_Explained , http://uebb.cs.tu-berlin.de/~magr/pub/Transformers.pdf).

Also see OnMonads, MonadicProgramming, HaskellLanguage, M''''''oreThanMeetsTheEye
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