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    War, state collapse and reconstruction: phase 2 of the Crisis States Programme

    Crisis States Research Centre, LSE, 2006
    The political economy of conflict is central to understanding the prospects of peace-building. The situations where conflicts are based more on indivisible stakes, it may be necessary to inject significant resources across contending groups to maintain political legitimacy and stability.
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    Selling justice short: why accountability matters for peace

    Human Rights Watch, 2009
    This report seeks to put important facts and analyses on the table to better inform the debate about accountability and peace.
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    Uncharted territory: land, conflict, and humanitarian action

    Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2009
    This Policy Brief seeks to create awareness of the importance of land in a humanitarian crisis. The author argues that the end of a prolonged armed conflict will frequently see a large proportion of the population claiming or reclaiming access to land and land based resources with important implications for return, recovery, and reintegration processes. Key messages include:
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    Between a rock and a hard place: armed violence in African pastoral communities

    United Nations Development Programme, 2009
    Pastoral communities inhabit over 21 countries on the African continent. They are concentrated in some of the most arid regions of the continent, which necessitate semi- or wholly-nomadic livestock grazing. Many of these communities are affected by armed violence with associated lawlesness and severe under development.
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    Promoting development through the reduction and prevention of armed violence

    UN, 2009
    The report examines different aspects of the relationship between armed violence and development. It places particular emphasis on tackling the risks and effects of armed violence and underdevelopment.
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    Armed violence reduction: enabling development

    Governance and development, OECD-DAC, 2009
    This policy paper explains why development policy makers and practitioners should aim to prevent and reduce armed violence. It targets the OECD-DAC donors and development practitioners, but it is equally relevant to developing country civil servants and NGOs.
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    Global burden of armed violence

    United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2008
    The report brings into focus the wide ranging costs of war and crime on development and seeks to provide a solid evidence base to shape effective policy, programming, and advocacy to prevent and reduce armed violence.
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    Choosing to engage: armed groups and peace processes

    Conciliation Resources, 2009
    This brief summarises important issues to consider on how best to engage armed groups in peace processes. It also presents analysis and 12 case studies of first-hand experience in peace negotiations by intermediaries and leading figures involved in armed groups. The paper gives details of issues such as:
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    UN peacekeeping economies and local sex industries: connections and implications

    Microcon, 2009
    UN peacekeeping missions have been a major component of many conflict and post-conflict environments.
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    Economic initiatives to tackle conflict: bringing politics back in

    Crisis States Research Centre, LSE, 2009
    This paper is intended to give a sense of some of the potential, problems and dilemmas that surround the use of economic initiatives. The author highlighted five important dangers that need to be carefully thought through when designing interventions. 

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