Security and development policy
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- 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 ...
- Considering stabilisation efforts and humanitarian action
- S. Collinson (ed); S. Elhawary (ed); R. Muggah (ed) / Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2010
- Stabilization includes a combination of military, humanitarian, political and economic activities to control, contain and manage areas affected by armed conflict and complex emergencies. This paper explores the evolution of internatio...
- Assessments on the role of DRR and CCA in minimising threats to human security
- K. O’Brien; L. Sygna; R. Leichenko / Global Environmental Change and Human Security International Project Office, 2008
- The relationship between climate change and security is a key concern among governments and international organisations. Security concerns include the potential for conflict over natural resources, population displacement, migration, ...
- The supervision of security should be the responsibility of civilians
- C. Contreras (ed) / La Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), 2007
- The goal of this report is to contribute to an understanding of the political and institutional processes taking place in Latin America related to the security sector since the region's wide-scale return to democracy. The develop...
- A new paradigm for development: ensuring human security
- I Kaul / Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 1994
- The 1994 Human Development Report introduces a new concept of human security, which equates security with people rather than territories, with development rather than arms. It examines both the national and the global concerns of huma...
- Considering Colombia's attempts to provide a more stable security environment
- P. Deshazo; J.M Forman; P. Mclean / Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, 2009
- The goal of this report is to derive from the case study of Colombia some practical lessons related to countering challenges to security and stability in a weakened State. The paper gives details of issues such as: thre...
- Community security and Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR): aiding the process
- R. Willems; W. Verkoren; M. Derks / Human Security Gateway, 2009
- Local communities can play a crucial role in promoting security and stability in conflict and post-conflict settings. Not only can they complement state programmes but also can effect numerous security initiatives when the state is un...
- What is the impact of HIV in conflict and post-conflict scenarios?
- A. de Waal; J.F. Klot; M. Mahajan / Netherlands Institute of International Relations, 2009
- The nexus between conflict, security and HIV/AIDS transmission has been frequently detailed. Although, a number of alarmist messages have been expressed – such as decimating rates of infection amongst soldiers and the risks pose...
- Civil counterinsurgency: development in the midst of conflict
- D. Gompert (ed); T. Kelly (ed); B. Lawson (ed) / RAND Corporation, 2009
- This study discusses the protection of civilians during insurgency through civil counterinsurgency (COIN). Militarily COIN involves using force to defeat insurgents while the civilian aspect ensures the provision of services and bette...
- 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...
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