Security
Assessing international, national and local approaches to improving safety and security.
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- Latin American approaches to extractive industry conflict
- G. Damonte / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012
- The rapid expansion of extractive industries in Latin America is transforming the societies and territories in which it is occurring. This phenomenon has provoked social and environmental conflict, especially involving the rural and i...
- Small-scale and informal mining: a big problem for Latin American states
- J. Kuramoto / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012
- Latin America has experienced substantial growth and transformation in small-scale mining, meaning it is often no longer small or artisanal, instead it is characterised by high informality and an increasing potential to generate confl...
- Conflict and Stabilisation in Mali and the Sahel region: GSDRC Helpdesk Research Report
- Sumedh Rao (ed) / Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2013
- The report covers factors including: Islamist terrorism; criminal networks and trafficking (of arms, drugs, cigarettes, and vehicles); and Tuareg rebellions against the Malian government. It also considers state weakness, including th...
- Considering the development of political order in Somalia
- D.K. Leonard; M. Samantar / Wiley Online Library, 2013
- The reconstruction of Somalia was envisaged to be built upon a new social contract, which should be negotiated between the superordinate body and the local units of governance. This paper shows that while the founding leaders in north...
- UN work in Liberia could show how the peace-keeping and peace-building agendas could be mutually beneficial
- R. Keane / Stability: International Journal of Security & Development, 2012
- The government of Liberia and the UN are piloting a new approach financed by the UN Peace-building Fund (PBF) – the so-called ‘Justice and Security Hubs’. This paper outlines the process of developing and constructin...
- 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...
- Critical issues that might emerge if the peace between the Colombian government and “FARC” guerilla become a fact
- E. Nussio; K. Howe / Stability: International Journal of Security & Development, 2012
- In September 2012, the Colombian government officially announced ongoing peace talks with the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which remains the largest and strongest non-state armed group operating in the countr...
- How can Nepal tackle the scourge of armed violence?
- Nepal Armed Violence Reduction Working Group, 2012
- Awareness of armed violence in Nepal is limited. Recent data indicates that armed violence has increased across the country after the peace agreement was signed between the Nepalese government and the leaders of the Maoist insurgency ...
- Government endeavours In Mali to implement security and anti-terrorism policies
- K. Sidibé / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2012
- State structures in Northern Mali are weak to non-existent, with a virtual absence of state administration in some areas, low presence of security services and checkpoints, inadequately equipped armed forces, and lack of logistics.&nb...
- Higher fiscal deficits and lower investment are in Middle-East’s horizon
- J. Bhutani; J. Dwek; R. Scherfke 2011
- Social and Political unrest across the Middle East and North Africa has amplified uncertainty in global markets and set a new obstacle for the continuing global recovery in the form of sharply higher oil prices. This paper offers the ...
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