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    Latin American approaches to extractive industry conflict

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012
    The rapid expansion of extractive industries in Latin America is transforming the societies and territories in which it is occurring. This phenomenon has provoked social and environmental conflict, especially involving the rural and indigenous communities that are most immediately affected. How are Latin American countries seeking to mitigate and avoid such conflicts?
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    Small-scale and informal mining: a big problem for Latin American states

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012
    Latin America has experienced substantial growth and transformation in small-scale mining, meaning it is often no longer small or artisanal, instead it is characterised by high informality and an increasing potential to generate conflicts.
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    The future of intrastate conflict in Africa: more violence or greater peace?

    Institute for Security Studies, 2013
    Many African countries experienced violent transitions after independence, which included civil wars and mass killings. The current paper states that rapid economic growth and improvements in most human development indices are expected to continue and go hand in hand with further declining levels of armed conflict in Africa.
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    Conflict and Stabilisation in Mali and the Sahel region: GSDRC Helpdesk Research Report

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2013
    This report covers factors including: Islamist terrorism; criminal networks and trafficking (of arms, drugs, cigarettes, and vehicles); and Tuareg rebellions against the Malian government. It also considers state weakness, including the weakness of state security structures in the north, and the role of neighbouring countries, ECOWAS, the AU and other international actors.
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    Climate security: a holistic approach to climate change, security and development

    Pacific Institute of Public Policy, 2012
    The understanding of the implications of climate change has broadened in recent years, covering a complex web of development and security issues. In the meanwhile, Pacific island countries remain on the frontline, vulnerable not only to rising seas but also the global responses to the emerging climate security threats. This paper finds that:
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    Globalisation with a twist: stability, volatility and fragility all in one

    Stability: International Journal of Security & Development, 2012
    It is repeatedly thought that globalisation has not made the world a more stable or equitable place. This brief explores two specific critical risks posed by globalisation for conflict-affected and fragile countries.The paper demonstrates that:
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    Assessing armed violence in Nepal

    Nepal Armed Violence Reduction Working Group, 2012
    Awareness of armed violence in Nepal is limited.
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    Humanitarian emergency response review

    Department for International Development, UK, 2011
    The scale, frequency and severity of rapid onset humanitarian disasters will continue to grow in the coming years, due to a number of factors - including rapid population growth, especially in disaster prone areas, and changes in sea levels, in global rainfall and stormpatterns. This Independent review of the UK Government's humanitarian response systems argues
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    Peace at all costs? Reintegration and reconciliation in Afghanistan

    Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2010
    This research paper captures the current reflections and concerns in Afghanistan about the strategy and expectations for the reintegration and reconciliation processes in the country. The paper also covers the challenges facing these processes.
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    Pakistan: the worsening IDP crisis

    International Crisis Group, 2010
    This paper deems that beside the unprecedented natural disaster of floods, Pakistan confronts the twin challenges of stabilising a fragile democratic transition and countering violent extremism. The author notes that in light of the urgency for relief and rehabilitation, donors may opt to collaborate with the ruling military regime.

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