Governance and crisis states
- The challenges of restoring governance in crisis and post-conflict countries
- This book examines the tasks and challenges of restoring effective governance in crisis and post-conflict countries. It explores the types of functions and roles that governments must carry out in conflicted societies and the approaches to assistance that have been used by international organizations and bilateral donors.
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- Assessing quality of life under political conflict
- ( A. Mataria;R. Giacaman;A. Stefanini / Economic Research Forum, Egypt , 2008)
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The entrenched conflict in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) has altered social welfare and health care delivery systems in ways that pose challenges beyond those seen in other conflict or...
- What should post-election Zimbabwe look like?
- ( A.B. Chikwanha / African Human Security Initiative , 2008)
- In the absence of an electoral outcome (2008), this paper discusses what a post election agenda for Zimbabwe should look like. Amongst other questions, it asks whether this outcome could be the restor...
Land grievances key to understanding forced displacement in Kenya
- ( Overseas Development Institute, London , 2008)
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This policy brief explores the importance of land issues in forced displacement in Kenya, drawing out their implications for current humanitarian and early recovery interventions in the wake of the...
- Sudan: between reform and conflict
- ( H. Ibrahim / The Arab Reform Initiative , 2008)
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Political thought in Sudan generally avoids the issue of reform, since the very notion falls short of the political and developmental ambitions the country has harboured since independence, in 1956...
- Negotiating Zimbabwe's transition
- ( International Crisis Group , 2008)
- Following the March 2008 elections, this report analyses the current political crisis in Zimbabwe. The focus is on the transitional period to possible democracy and the potential role that the in...
- We have degrees in violence: a report on torture and human rights abuses in Zimbabwe
- ( Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa , 2007)
- This report details the state-sponsored violence in Zimbabwe. It is based on the detailed testimony and medical examination of 24 individuals who were subjected to torture or political violence during...
- Relevance of African traditional institutions of governance
- ( UN Economic Commission for Africa , 2007)
- This concept paper focuses on the traditional system of governance in Africa including their consensual decision-making models, as part of a broader effort to better define and advocate their role in ...
- Strong party, weak state? Frelimo and state survival through the Mozambican civil war: an anlytical narrative on state-making
- ( J. Sumich;J. Howana / Crisis States Programme, LSE , 2007)
- Mozambique has been described as a model of state resilience as the ruling Frelino Party has managed to maintain power through years of economic collapse and civil conflict. This paper explains how a ...
- The changing face of local governance? community development councils in Afghanistan
- ( H. Nixon / Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit , 2008)
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This working paper presents findings on subnational governance in Afghanistan, including the role that Community Development Councils (CDCs) play at community levels.
The author finds t... - 15 years after Black Hawk Down: Somalia's chance?
- ( J. Prendergast / ENOUGH , 2008)
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Has the international community washed its hands of Somalia? There has been no effective foreign engagement since the humiliation of US troops in the early nineties, leaving the people to contend w...







