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8 November 2013
Published by: IDS
A detailed analysis of Sierra Leone's socioeconomic trends and political institutions show a disturbing picture of anger, frustration and violence.
7 May 2013
Published by: IDS
Development policy and practice in fragile and conflict-affected areas needs to be rethought. A growing proportion of aid budgets is going to fragile and conflict-affected states and conflict prevention is becoming an important focus of aid spend even in countries that are not affected by widespread violence.
23 April 2013
Published by: IDS
A growing proportion of aid spending now goes into conflict-affected states and conflict prevention. As a result, development and security are increasingly intertwined and this inter-relation is hotly debated.
8 January 2013
Published by: IDS
This article aims to understand, in the context of the civil war in Côte d'Ivoire, how and why ‘islands of peace’ emerge during outbreaks of violence.
8 January 2013
Published by: IDS
How do, could and should institutions responsible for security and the management of conflict in Tropical African societies respond to violent conflict?
14 April 2012
Published by: Open Democracy
While the UK's Strategic Defence and Security Review was visibly reported as a missed opportunity, the recent Building Stability Overseas Strategy (BSOS) has received little attention.
In the context of exploring the dynamics and logics of violence and responses to it by the state and the international community, Nigeria and Sierra Leone make interesting case studies. These case studies are part of the Addressing and Mitigating Violence programme, which focuses on 'newer' forms of violence and organised crime as well as the changing dynamics of long-standing situations of violence
29 January 2012
Published by: IDS
This IDS Bulletin looks back at the legacy of the UN’s New Delhi 1990 global consultation and the Dublin Conference that followed, assessing their meaning and significance, and challenging the wider global water and sanitation community to rethink approaches and emphases, shifting from targets and pronouncement to sustainability and local knowledge.
This research seeks to link ideas of IWRM as constructed at the global and European level to their translation into narratives and practices in eastern and southern Africa. It will critically examine the interpretations and challenges of IWRM, hopefully contributing to improving water policies and practices and making them locally appropriate.
1 September 2011
A range of studies from Earth system scientists argue that human activities drive multiple, interacting effects that cascade through the...