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    The missing middle - examining the Armed Group phenomenon in Nepal

    Small Arms Survey, 2013
    This brief reports on the history of the country’s armed groups, their initial proliferation following the signing of the peace agreement following the civil war, their development and overlap with other societal groups, the reasons behind their recent decline, and their relationship to the state.
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    Legacies of war in the company of peace

    Small Arms Survey, 2013
    This Issue Brief applies published reports and data, as well as estimation techniques, to explore the scale and distribution of firearm ownership in post-conflict Nepal. Its major findings include:
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    China and its peripheries: Securing Nepal in South Asia

    Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2013
    Nepal plays an important role in China’s South Asia Policy as it forms the entry point for China into the region.
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    Enhancing security and justice in Liberia: The regional hub model

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2013
    A state’s failure to guarantee security and justice presents major obstacles to the achievement of political, social and economic development. Like many other countries ravaged by war, Liberia has experienced challenges with developing and maintaining effective security and justice systems.
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    Research summary: exploring governance in Afghanistan

    Research4Development, 2012
    This project is working in Afghanistan to deliver a series of political debate/discussion programmes on television and radio. This document offers a summary of the key issues raised by Afghan participants.
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    Field guide for working in fragile and conflict-affected situations

    Helvetas, 2013
    Since the discussion around international assistance and development work in conflict-affected situations started in the 90s, many tools and guidelines have been developed which have intended to make development and humanitarian work more suitable or adapted to difficult contexts.
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    Getting smart and scaling up: responding to the impact of organized crime on governance in developing countries

    Center on International Cooperation, New York University, 2013
    The development landscape is rapidly changing and new centres of economic dynamism are emerging. At the same time, organized criminal activity, including illicit trafficking and financial flows, is increasing in these same settings, often fuelling tension or violence among elites or other groups vying for control of illicit markets.
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    State fragility in the Central African Republic : What prompted the 2013 coup?

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2013
    This paper explores fragility, security and political processes in the Central African Republic. It examines the national dialogue processes of 2003 and 2008 and the peace agreements of 2008 and 2013, and the resulting political settlements.
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    Long walk to restoration: lessons from Somalia's transition process

    Institute for Security Studies, 2013
    Somalia’s troubled recent history began with the fall of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 and the subsequent outbreak of war among various clan-based actors in the different regions of the country.
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    Nigeria’s post-1999 political settlement and violence mitigation in the Niger Delta

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
    Almost fifteen years after transitioning to civilian-electoral rule, Nigeria is still wrestling with the legacy of a protracted period of military government and the ‘resource curse’ associated with its huge oil wealth. The ‘Niger Delta question’, as it is often referred to in Nigeria, is not close to resolution.

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