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    Winners or losers? Assessing the contribution of youth employment and empowerment programmes to reducing conflict risk in Nigeria

    Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme, 2014
    Unemployment and lack of economic opportunities are widely considered, both popularly and among academic and policy discussants, to be significant factors aggravating conflict and increasing the chances of young people being drawn into violence as both perpetrators and victims.
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    From design to implementation: Addressing the causes of violent conflict in Nigeria

    Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme, 2013
    Those tasked with designing programmes to address instability or violent conflict face a number of common operational challenges in assessing the nature of these issues, their causes, and the most effective responses.
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    Annual perception survey: 2013 baseline report

    Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme, 2013
    Since the early 1990s, Nigeria has witnessed growing incidences of violence which has resulted in an annual death toll of around 3,000 people since 2005. Repeated cycles of violence have raised questions about the stability of Africa's most populous country as the violence affects all aspects of the nation's social and economic development.
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    Quick Response Funds and DRRM Resources in the Department of National Defense and Various Departments

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014
    The study assesses the process of quick response fund (QRF) allocation, administration, and implementation under the various executive departments with cognizance of national disaster risk reduction management (DRRM) imperatives. It further touches on the inventory of the line agencies` available assets for disaster response and rehabilitation.
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    Student politics: a game-theoretic exploration

    Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2014
    Students in institutes of higher education often engage in campus-politics. Typically there are student-parties who electorally compete with each other to gain control of the union which is usually the apex student body dealing directly with the higher authorities on student-related and other academic issues.
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    Nigeria stability and reconciliation programme: Media mapping

    Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme, 2011
    Over recent years, violent conflict has become increasingly common in Nigeria. Every day, in different parts of the country, incidents of violence are reported in both printed and electronic media. From politically motivated violence to religious intolerance; from ethno-national conflicts to violence funded by terror groups , the situation is rapidly degenerating.
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    Watching us die on CNN: Report on the study of community-level conflict management mechanisms in the Niger Delta, middle belt and north east zones of Nigeria

    Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme, 2012
    The Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme (NSRP) commissioned the Community-level Conflict Management Mechanisms study (CCMM) in January 2012. The study seeks to help reduce the negative impact of violent conflict on the most vulnerable, in eight target states: Kano, Yobe, Borno, Kaduna, Plateau, Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers. NSRP is designed around four main strands of work.
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    HIV/AIDS and militaries in Southern Africa: seminar report

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2006
    The implications of the HIV/AIDS pandemic for security in southern Africa will continue to emerge over the next century. The sub-region is faced with a daunting challenge: mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS while establishing new institutions for development, democratisation and peace.
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    Nigeria elections and violence: Synthesis of the national picture and regional dynamics and recommendations for action

    Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme, 2015
    Since Nigeria’s return to democratic and civilian rule in 1999, election periods have brought uncertainty and volatility, resulting at times in violence. The Peace and Security Working Group of Nigeria is concerned about the potential for violence around the upcoming presidential, national assembly, gubernatorial, and state assembly elections scheduled for February 2015.
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    AIDS and society in South Africa: building a community of practice

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2006
    The first 25 years of the HIV/AIDS pandemic have been largely focused on bio-medical research. Gradually, social science researchers, donors, policymakers and activists have recognised that HIV/AIDS is more than simply a health issue and that the pandemic has developmental, governance and security implications.

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