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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are under threat from conflict and armed violence. Each of the eight targets are undermined by conflict directly i.e. the death of the family’s main income earner and indirectly - destroyed health facilities, ‘abused’ natural resources and closed schools. This paper asserts that at least 22 of the 34 countries least likely to achieve the MDGs are in the midst of, or emerging from, conflict. The authors focus on the issue of irresponsible arms transfers - as a major contributor to armed violence - and how they are affecting progress towards the MDGs.

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Increasing a gender perspective in small arms control: ( C. Buchanan;V. Farr;M. Flood / Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Switzerland , 2005); This article, 'Women, men and gun violence: options for action', forms part of a larger publication on directions for the reduction of small arms control. In this piece the authors emphas...
Building a framework for violence prevention: ( World Health Organization , 2005); This programme seeks to provide a broad variety of interventions, in a number of settings, as a complement to the security sector reform approach. The programme aims to reduce armed violence a...
What is the impact of armed violence on poverty and development?: ( M. Turner;J. Ginifer;L. Cliffe / United Nations Development Programme , 2005); This paper examines the extent to which armed violence and small arms and light weapons possession and usage, impoverishes individuals, groups, societies and states. The paper offers suggestions on...
Armed violence and arms: detailing the effects: ( United Nations Development Programme , 2009); In this brief, it is estimated that more than 740,000 people die each year as a result of the violence associated with armed conflicts and large and small scale criminal violence. The majority of t...
How can armed violence in African pastoral communities be tackled?: ( J. Bevan / United Nations Development Programme , 2009); Pastoral communities inhabit over 21 countries on the African continent. They are concentrated in some of the most arid regions of the continent, which necessitate semi- or wholly-nomadic livestock...
Analysing armed violence in Asia and the Pacific: ( J.M. Hazen / United Nations Development Programme , 2008); This paper presents a general overview of the risks and effects of armed violence in Asia. It also focuses in detail on the issue of armed violence arising from armed conflicts particularly its cau...
Estimating the costs of crime: ( Mainstreaming Methodology for Estimating Costs of Crime , 2009); This site aims to bring together techniques developed for estimating the costs of crime. In this particular section the authors detail the different number of studies that have been undertak...
Factors that influence the movement of small arms into Malawi from Mozambique: ( G. Mthembu-Salter / Small Arms Survey , 2009); In a region apparently awash with weapons and plagued with rising levels of armed crime, Malawi is a welcome exception to these characteristics. In early 2007 there were only 9,320 legally register...
How can the illicit brokering of arms be curbed?: ( B. Wood / United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research , 2009); A consequence of the globalization of the arms trade is the increasing reliance on the services of brokers, who find markets, negotiate deals and make logistical arrangements to meet the requi...
Analysing arms transfers to the Middle East: ( S.P. Freeman / Stockholm International Peace Research Institute , 2009); This background paper considers the arms trade to the Middle East. The article points out that the levels of military expenditure and arms imports in the Middle East have increased in recent y...