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    SSR and post-conflict reconstruction: armed wing of state-building?

    The Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform, 2009
    Using a case taken from the reconstruction of Sierra Leone this paper outlines some of the key issues emerging after ten years of reconstruction efforts and also moves on to analyse what lessons can and can’t be drawn from this experience and what implications are for SSR going forward. The author goes ahead to explain the ideas such as;
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    Trading life, trading death: the flow of small arms from Mozambique to Malawi

    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 registered firearms in Malawi excluding those used by the security forces, compared to just under 87,000 in Zambia and nearly 4 million in South Africa.
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    Yemen: fear of failure

    Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2008
    Yemen is the poorest nation in the Arab world, its location means it acts as a buffer zone between the Horn of Africa and Saudi Arabia and its president’s thirty year reign has been recently been struggling with a deteriorating security situation.
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    Exploring the connections between community security and Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)

    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 unable, unwilling or unavailable to carry out such efforts.
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    Security promotion in fragile states: can local meet national?

    Human Security Gateway, 2009
    Security Sector Reform (SSR) is coming under increasing scrutiny from researchers. Recent studies have sought to determine whether such ‘top-down’ approaches can offer a comprehensive response to communities struggling to recover from conflict.
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    HIV/AIDS, security and conflict: new realities, new responses

    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 posed by HIV to the potential collapse of states – specific analyses of the impact of HIV in conflict and post-conflict situations have been thin on the ground.
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    A guide to rapid assessment and policy-making for the control of corruption in Latin American judicial systems

    The Due Process of Law Foundation, 2007
    This guide provides a tool for the rapid assessment of judicial corruption and the development of reform proposals, with special reference to Latin America.It begins by introducing concepts associated with corruption in general and proposes a definition that can be used for the study of judicial corruption in particular.
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    Reconstruction under fire: unifying civil and military counterinsurgency

    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 better governance in order to weaken insurgency’s appeal to the population therefore a crucial aspect of development practice in the midst of conflict.
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    Changing roles, shifting risks: livelihood impacts of disarmament in Karamoja, Uganda

    Feinstein International Center, USA, 2009
    This report examines the role of disarmament policies in changes in livelihood systems of the population in the Karamoja region of northeastern Uganda.  The following topics are covered: Disarmament and human rights abuses Perceptions of disarmament as a goal in and of itself Impacts of disarmament on livelihoods Impacts of disarmament on se
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    Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik/ German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)

    The German Institute for International and Security Affairs of the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) is an independent scientific establishment that conducts practically oriented research on the

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