Iraq and Conflict and security
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- The BLDS conflict collection
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- Search for the latest conflict-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Using social leaders as human catalysts to help create networks of stability
- M.A. Salmon / Stability: International Journal of Security & Development, 2012
- After clearing extremist militias out of Basra in 2008, a strategic opportunity for building stability in this Iraqi province was available. The current paper captures that moment, highlighting the dramatically improved security but t...
- An insight of some of the preliminary facts and figures on military spending
- id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004
- War in Iraq and Afghanistan, conflict between Israel and Palestine and terrorist attacks in a score of major cities have dominated the international headlines in the last three years. Few doubt their interconnections – although ...
- How can interventions in fragile states contribute effectively to securing peace and development?
- id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- Globalisation, liberalisation, and the withdrawal of external support from Cold War alliances have placed enormous strains on some developing countries – best described as ‘fragile states’. These are states with high...
- Improving security and justice through security sector reform
- N. Bagayoko-Penone / Eldis Gateway to Development and Environment Information, 2010
- Since the late 1990s, security sector reform (SSR) has emerged as a principal activity for promoting peace and stability, and a priority for donors in post-conflict countries. This issue of insights explores the concept of SSR as a co...
- Rebuilding democracy: elections in post-conflict settings
- Carlos Valenzuela / Public Broadcasting Service, 2008
- This Point of View interview is conducted with Carlos Valenzuela, who headed the Independent Election Commission of the UN during the 2005 elections in Iraq. He responds to questions about the day-to-day work and obstacles involved wh...
- How can internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Iraq attain parity with the non-IDP population?
- J. Bigio; J. Scott / Brookings Institution, 2009
- With increased levels of security in Iraq in 2008-9, displaced persons have begun to make decisions about their future, and the number of displaced Iraqis making settlement decisions is expected to increase. This research seeks to fig...
- Iraq: effective personnel management in a dangerous environment
- G. Hansen / People in Aid, 2008
- This briefing paper highlights lessons learned about how humanitarian operations in Iraq have cultivated stable, effective and contented staff in a difficult programming environment. It is based on ongoing conversations with Iraqi and...
- Tackling the mines and explosive remnants of war in Iraq
- United Nations Development Programme, 2009
- The magnitude of Iraq’s problem with mine and unexploded remnants of war together with the socio-economic impact needs to be determined and addressed as a matter of urgency. As a recent signatory to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban C...
- Ensuring human security can lead to better opportunities for human development in the Arab world
- M. El-Sayyid; M. Al-Rasheed; S. Benjelloun; Et al / Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2009
- This report examines human development in the Arab world through a human security lens, calling on policymakers and other stakeholders to move away from a state-centric conception of security to one which also concentrates on the secu...
- US corporate interests and the war on terror.
- GRAIN, 2009
- This briefing determines that the US’s agricultural reconstruction work in Afghanistan and Iraq is an intrinsic part of the US military campaign. It asserts that the US pushes neo-liberal policies giving easy entry to US agribus...
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