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    Somalia: proceed with caution

    AllAfrica.com, 2008
    Over the past seventeen years, Somalia has been subject to ongoing civil wars, droughts and floods. Most observers agree that the crisis has never been as acute as it is today. This short bulletin argues that in order to stabilise Somalia and keep this crisis from spreading further, the international community must act now to find a viable solution to the political crisis in Somalia.
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    Guidance on conflict prevention and peacebuilding activities

    Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 2008
    As growing shares of aid resources, time and energy are being devoted to conflict prevention and peacebuilding projects, programmes, and policy strategies, more evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of these endeavours is essential.
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    Reappraising the greed and grievance explanations for conflict

    Microcon, 2007
    Two phenomena have been recently utilised to explain conflict onset among rational choice analysts: greed and grievance. The paper provides a synthesis of the greed and grievance hypotheses and provides comments on post-conflict reconstruction. The authors consider the concepts of greed and grievance arguing that former reflects elite competition over valuable natural resource rents.
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    Using quantitative and qualitative models to forecast instability

    United States Institute of Peace, 2008
    For most of the post–World War II period, policymakers and intelligence agencies have relied on experts to make qualitative judgments regarding the risk of instability or violent changes in their areas of study.
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    Reporting justice: a handbook on covering war crimes courts

    Institute for War and Peace Reporting, 2006
    War crimes reporting, like any journalistic specialisation, makes its own demands and has its own rules. This handbook aims to support countries emerging from war by strengthening the skills of individual reporters and editors and increase responsible and reliable reporting on justice issues. This handbook offers:
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    West African conflict early warning and early response system: the role of civil society organisations

    Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre, 2007
    This paper assesses the role of Civil Society Organisations (CSO’s) in West African conflict early warning and early response systems. It also looks at the subject of conflict prevention in the context of the Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS) and CSO’s implementation of early warning systems - and examines security architecture in the sub-region.
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    Traditional justice and reconciliation after violent conflict

    International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2008
    This report seeks to assess the role and impact of traditional mechanisms in post-conflict settings. It examines the role played by traditional justice mechanisms in dealing with the legacy of violent conflict in five African countries—Rwanda, Mozambique, Uganda, Sierra Leone and Burundi.
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    Designing for results: integrating monitoring and evaluation in conflict transformation programmes

    Search for Common Ground, 2006
    Design, monitoring, and evaluation (DM&E) can contribute both to the learning and success of peace building programmes.This manual introduces concepts, tools and methods needed to incorporate better DM&E practices into peace building programming.
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    Facilitation manual for Timor-Leste: transformative arts and human rights education guide

    Ba Futuru, 2007
    Post conflict reconstruction in Timor-Leste has seen civil society playing a large part in conflict resolution and peace building efforts. Psychosocial programming has proven useful in addressing the impacts of conflict providing a platform for people to tackle their trauma and facilitate conflict resolution.
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    Microfinance in post-disaster and post-conflict situations: Turning victims into shareholders

    Institut d'Etudes Europeennes - Universite libre de Bruxelles, 2007
    This article examines the role of microfinance and member-owned institutions (MOI) such as local savings and credit associations both for the provision of reparations and for post-conflict and post-disaster reconstruction. It finds that microfinance could play a crucial role in reconstruction because it:

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