Conflict

Institution: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Publication Date: 2006
Keywords: Conflict, Peacebuilding, Gender
Read Full Text Here:  http://www.undp.org/bcpr/whats_new/UNDP_Youth_PN.pdf

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As young people are growing in number and are faced with fewer education opportunities, unemployment, the HIV/AIDS crisis, war and other forms of violence, there is increasing concern, even alarm, about ‘youth’ and the conditions that may encourage their participation in perpetuating violence and preventing the consolidation of peace and development. Most analyses of conflict in different parts of the world are starting to identify a ‘youth factor’ as a key element in the generation or perpetuation of violence. This tendency often lea... Read More

Institution: World Bank
Publication Date: 2011
Keywords: Conflict, Stabilisation
Read Full Text Here: http://wdr2011.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/WDR2011_Overview.pdf

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The World Development Report (WDR) 2011 is essential reading for those working in policy and programming on conflict and development issues. The report contains a vast amount of primary research which it uses to explain why the development community has to find more effective ways to work in conflict-affected and fragile contexts.
Those who work in international development institutions will recognise that the messages in the WDR represent a major shift as they challenge the very nature of how international development is conceived and delivered in conflict affected and fragile contex... Read More

Institution: USAID
Publication Date: 2007
Keywords: Conflict, Gender, Community Engagement
Read Full Text Here: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/conflict/publications/docs/cmm_women_and_conflict_toolkit_december_2006.pdf

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This Guide describes how conflict affects women differently from men, identifies lessons learned and suggests programming approaches that address these issues while building on the strengths of women.  The Guide is useful for those seeking to understand the differential impact of conflict upon women and specifically for those working on policy and programmatic responses to conflict.

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The Guide sets out the different... Read More

Author: Christopher Cramer
Institution: World Bank
Publication Date: November 2010
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This paper sets out the economic approach to the study of violence in developing countries.
The paper asks questions about how are unemployment and violence linked. It suggests that, in the past, this link was driven by an OECD literature on crime, gangs and unemployment and economic models of developing country ‘civil wars’. The link is commonly attributed to the age-structure of demography in developing countries, in particular the observation of a common ‘youth bulge’ and sets a widespread view that youth unemployment is a key cause of insurgency or civil war. This is despite the fact th... Read More

Author: Thelma Ekiyor
Institution: United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
Publication Date: 2008
Keywords: Conflict, Community Engagement, Peacebuilding
Read Full Text Here: http://www.ssrnetwork.net/uploaded_files/4505.pdf

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Civil society’s visibility and influence in conflict prevention and peacebuilding has grown globally. Civil society actors have increasingly become vital forces in discourses, initiatives and programmes that foster peace and security across the world. Specifically, civil society has been instrumental in the reconceptualisation of security from a “state-centred” process to one that is “people centred”. This focus on people-centred security emanates from the belief that... Read More

Author: Ruben de Koning
Institution: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Publication Date: 2008
Keywords: Conflict, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Read Full Text Here: http://books.sipri.org/files/insight/SIPRIInsight0802.pdf

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This Paper explores the role of natural resources in the post-cold war conflicts of Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and draws policy lessons regarding peacebuilding strategies that confront conflict resources, accommodate rebel parties and legalise extraction and trade.  The Paper is useful for those seeking to understand the relationship between natural resources and conflict, and is especially useful for those seeking to understand its impac... Read More

Author: Lawrence Woocher
Institution: United States Institute of Peace
Publication Date: 2009
Keywords: Conflict
Read Full Text Here:  http://www.usip.org/files/resources/preventing_violent_conflict.pdf

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New wars will continue to erupt unabated if greater and smarter efforts are not made to prevent them. Current dangers stem from factors such as the rise of unstable regimes, global economic turbulence, climate change, and the shift in global power distribution. A wide range of governments and many intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations have made commitments to take serious efforts to prevent violent conflicts. However the international community as a whole has still not developed robust capaciti... Read More

Author: Ravi Kanbur
Institution: International Peace Academy
Publication Date: June 2007
Keywords: Conflict, Economic Recovery
Read Full Text Here: http://www.ipacademy.org/media/pdf/publications/mgs_povr.pdf

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This Paper discusses the interaction between poverty and inequality with conflict. It forms part of a series of working papers aimed at generating fresh thinking about global crises and capacities for effective prevention and responses.  The Paper includes key policy directions to address challenges arising from the interaction between poverty and inequality with conflict.  The Paper is useful for conflict generalists as well as those interested in developing economic interventions in conflict and po... Read More

Author: Frances Stewart
Institution: Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity
Publication Date: 2010
Keywords:Culture,Conflict
Read Full Text Here:http://www.crise.ox.ac.uk/pubs/OV1.pdf

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The paper is written in response to the growing number of conflicts badged as “ethnically” motivated and explores why conflict erupts in some multi-ethnic societies and not in others.  The paper asserts that examining and reducing Horizontal Inequalities (HIs), political, economic, social or cultural differences between groups in society, can reduce the tensions that lead to violent conflict in multi-ethnic societies. It also highlights that these inequalities can either be perceived or real, emphasising close examination of people&rsq... Read More

Author: Dan Smith, Janani Vivekanda
Institution: International Alert
Publication Date: November 2009
Keywords: Conflict, Governance
Read Full Text Here: http://www.international-alert.org/sites/default/files/publications/Climate_change_conflict_and_fragility_Nov09.pdf

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As climate change unfolds, one of its effects is a heightened risk of violent conflict. This risk is at its sharpest in poor, badly governed countries, many of which have a recent history of armed conflict. This both adds to the burdens faced by deprived and vulnerable communities and makes it harder to reduce their vulnerability by adapting to climate change. This paper outlines the climate-conflict in... Read More