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  The evolution of organised crime in Africa: towards a new response

  Institute for Security Studies, 2013

  This paper attempts to better understand the drivers behind the growth of organised crime in Africa by examining its evolution over time. The paper notes that in a comparatively short period, Africa has developed a significant and worsening organised crime problem.
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  Counter-terrorism, human rights and the rule of law in Africa

  Institute for Security Studies, 2013

  This paper argues that this decade presents new opportunities for more nuanced, palatable, realistic and interlinked strategies, on the part of African governments, to promote principled counter-terrorist practice and policy in ways the reduce rather than exacerbate the longer-term threat.
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  African Standby Force police roster system: proposed features, operations and processes

  Institute for Security Studies, 2013

  Although Africa hosts most peacekeeping missions, the rest of the world seems to be reluctant to deploy forces to the continent. Therefore, Africa needs to develop its own peacekeeping capabilities more than any other region.
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  Through the 'information society' prism: Scoping gender equality for the post-2015 agenda

  IT for Change, 2012

  What does the information society offer for women’s empowerment and gender equality? This paper argues that information and communication technologies (ICTs) offer the potential for marginalised women to access public spaces.
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  The Post 2015 Development Agenda: What’s at Stake for the World’s Women? Perspectives from the Post-2015 Women’s Coalition

  2014

  This two-page document is essentially a call to action from the Women’s Coalition which emerged from the Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign and coordinated efforts from women’s groups around the UN.
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  Getting at the roots: re-integrating human rights and gender equality in the post-2015 development agenda

  Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2014

  This paper aims to contribute to debates on addressing root causes of inequalities, including gender inequality, within the post-2015 development process. It examines shortfalls in past development policy and practice, and implications of that experience for the post‐2015 development agenda.
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  South Africa and aid effectiveness: lessons for SADPA as a development partner

  Institute for Security Studies, 2014

  South Africa is coordinating and integrating its aid and development cooperation activities in establishing the South African Development Partnership Agency (SADPA). However, South Africa will need to be aware of the tensions and contradictions that could arise in its positioning as a development partner operating from a South-South perspective.
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  Debates in post-conflict development in Africa: lessons for development agencies

  Institute for Security Studies, 2014

  Luckily, many post-conflict settings benefit from high levels of international attention and domestic optimism in the immediate aftermath of transition, with no lack of external actors drawn from the diaspora, private sector investors and a plethora of international aid organisations. Yet, channeling this attention towards improved development outcomes is difficult.
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  Internal and external dilemmas of peacebuilding in Africa

  Institute for Security Studies, 2014

  Peacebuilding, as a distinct area of international engagement, developed in the early 1990s within the context of the reform of the conflict prevention and peacekeeping capacity of the UN.
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  Universalising international criminal law: the ICC, Africa and the problem of political perceptions

  Institute for Security Studies, 2013

  The aim of this paper is to discuss the universal reach and aspirations of the world’s first permanent International Criminal Court (ICC), why the ICC’s reach thus far has been focused exclusively on the African continent, and how this has affected African perceptions of international criminal justice.

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