Sierra Leone and Conflict and security
- Capital:
Freetown - Population:
5245695 - Size:
71740.0 Km2
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- The BLDS conflict collection
- Search for the latest conflict-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Considering governance in post-conflict Sierra Leone
- J.B.M. Vincent / Wiley Online Library, 2013
- Sierra Leone is one of a number of states that underwent a period of civil war and collapse after the end of the Cold War. This article offers a bottom-up review of the post-war reconstruction of the Sierra Leone state. The paper poin...
- The future of Security Sector Reform: evidence from post-conflict Sierra Leone
- P. Jackson / The Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform, 2009
- Using a case taken from the reconstruction of Sierra Leone this paper outlines some of the key issues emerging after ten years of reconstruction efforts and also moves on to analyse what lessons can and can’t be drawn from this ...
- Facilitating justice and peace negotiations
- P. Hayner / The International Center for Transitional Justice, 2009
- Questions of justice and accountability for past crimes can be a central point of contention in peace negotiations. This report provides guidance on grappling with justice issues in peace negotiations. The author addresses the pa...
- How can aid mechanisms best support health sector early recovery?
- P. Vergeer; A. Canavan; I. Rothmann / Royal Tropical Institute, 2009
- States emerging from protracted crises struggle to provide basic services. This is no more crucial than in the health sector where vulnerable ‘post-conflict’ populations are frequently in dire need of care. However, develo...
- Health sector strengthening and state building
- J. Eldon; C. Waddington; Y. Hadi / HLSP Institute, UK, 2008
- There is a growing knowledge base demonstrating the importance of good governance in the health sector for effective health systems and improved service delivery. This study commissioned by the Health and Fragile States Network, explo...
- Funding flows for health services in fragile states
- A. Canavan; P. Vergeer; O. Bornemisza / KIT Development Policy & Practice, 2008
- During the transition from conflict to peace, the limited health services that exist, mainly provided by humanitarian non-governmental organisations, often come under threat of contraction. The most commonly cited reason is the so-cal...
- Integration of insurgents in post-conflict Sierra Leone
- Kieran Mitton / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
- Sierra Leone presents a unique reintegration challenge. The West African state must reconcile ex-combatants with victims and civil society and also incorporate a brutalised group of highly disaffected youths. In such contexts, recover...
- What role for NGOs in disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration?
- B. Klem; P. Douma / Human Security Gateway, 2008
- Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) has emerged as a pre-eminent tool for states emerging from intra-state conflict. Much research on the subject has focused on the specifics of ‘DDR design’ and its applica...
- Security and civil society: effective engagement
- R. Hanson-Alp; A. Platt (ed); A. Jalloh / Conciliation Resources, 2008
- Rebuilding trust in state apparatus is a significant challenge for nations emerging from intra-state conflict. This is particularly acute in citizens relations with national security forces – during a long war the public may hav...
- Insights from political economy analysis for humanitarian interventions
- S. Collinson / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2003
- What analytical tools can humanitarian agencies use to understand complex emergencies? What insights does political economy analysis produce for humanitarian interventions? This report documents the findings of an Overseas Development Insti...
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