Sierra Leone and Conflict and security
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Content from selected partners can be found by following the relevant links in the central panel below - or check out our editor's selection of the best sector specific information from other websites.
- 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
- Trust and cooperation for defense transformation in Ghana
- A. Lala / SSRonline, 2003
- This report summarises the findings and experiences of a conference that took place in Accra, Ghana, between the 27th and the 30th of May 2003. The objective of the conference was to promote the debate about defense transformation in ...
- Politics v humanitarianism on the front line – can the UN get its act together?
- David Bryer; Rama Mani / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- Are peacekeeping operations incoherent? Has the humanitarian imperative of protecting and saving lives in conflict taken second place to UN peace operations? Has pursuit of the myth of sustainable peace distracted the UN from the more...
- A troubling dilemma: capacity building in the midst of conflict
- Ian Smillie / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- As conflicts rage, is it realistic for the international community to hope to build local capacity? Or should it focus solely on delivering assistance? Are current patterns of north-south interaction helpful in the resolving of humani...
- Non-directive refugee policies may be a cost-effective alternative to camps in Guinea
- W. Van Damme; V. De Brouwere; M. Boelaert; W. Van Lerberghe / The Lancet, 1998
- When refugees arrive in a country in large numbers, they are generally moved into camps where they can get relief assistance. Several studies have shown that such refugee assistance may have a negative impact on the quality of health ...
- Gender-based violence in populations affected by armed conflict
- B. Vann / Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium, 2002
- This book is a compendium of key lessons learned during the author's five years working with gender-based violence (GBV) programs in 12 countries, in particular Angola, Eritrea, Guinea, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Thailand and Zambia. ...
- Violence against women in Sierra Leone's civil war
- Physicians for Human Rights, 2002
- Reports that internally displaced women and girls in Sierra Leone have suffered an extraordinary level of rape, sexual violence and other gross human rights violations during their country's civil war, with half of those who said they...
- Genuine youth participation will bring peace to Sierra Leone
- J. Lowicki; A. A. Pillsbury / Women's Refugee Commission, 2002
- This paper reports the findings of over 600 interviews with adolescents and youth in Sierra Leone in April and May 2002. Many of the interviews were conducted by the young people themselves. The perception of Sierra Leone's youth is t...
- ActionAid calls for greater transparency among diamond trading countries
- A. Wameyo / ActionAid International, 2001
- This ActionAid report introduces the background to the Kimberley Process, whereby diamond exporting and important companies agree to abide by a certification scheme that aims to exclude illicit, conflict diamonds from the world market...
- Can game theory shed light on the reaons for conflict in Africa?
- P. le Billon; S. M. Mansoob; T. Addison / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2001
- This paper is about the process rather than the origins of conflict and focussing on African examples, uses game theory to set out a model of peace and conflict in which two actors engage with each other. Moral hazard is also introduc...
- The global network of arms traffickers and corrupt governments behind the 'conflict diamond' trade.
- A. Parker; S. Sangera; F. Guerrera / Financial Times, 2000
- Report looks at the role of diamond sales in funding of conflict situations, focusing on countries such as Liberia, Sierra Leone and Angola. Website includes reports from the newspaper, plus an online dicussion forum
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