This report (2013), based on field research, investigates the functioning of South Sudan’s police service as a provider of security. The report also reviews the public image of the police, investigating what citizens think about the police contribution to or exacerbation of the security situation, as well as what the public suggests as the best way to reform and improve law enforcement, particularly the public order police, so that it more effectively upholds its duties…
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Joshua Craze revisits the border between South Sudan and Sudan two years after the independence of South Sudan and explores conflict dynamics along the border, including conflicts related to grazing. https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/169154/HSBA-WP30-North-South-Border.pdf
In South Sudan delays in the making of the national constitution have led to public concern. My Mother Will Not Come to Juba: South Sudanese debate the constitution is the record of three evenings of public lectures at the University of Juba.
This paper explores how the emergence of a national border has affected the communities in the region, based on five case studies primarily through the lens of the 2011-2012 grazing season, the first since South Sudan’s independence. Download
In mid-2013 – after different reconciliation projects had emerged in South Sudan – Sudd Institute wrote this report on reconciliation. The Sudd Institute suggests that popular sentiment in South Sudan appears to favor a reconciliation process, but questions remain regarding what issues such a process would tackle, how it might be conducted, and who should carry it out. This report addresses these concerns using information and opinions gathered from interviews.
This report presents the findings from focus group discussions on the topic of governance, citizenship, justice and constitution-making in relation to the permanent constitution in South Sudan in 2013. Download
The study assessed the competitiveness of the South Sudanese economy in terms of export performance. The goal is to provide an analytical foundation for the development of policy recommendations with a view to enhancing the export competitiveness of the country and the overall regional benefit of trade. It is envisaged that as the country develops, the structure of its trade with neighbouring countries will change in a manner that will benefit the whole region. The…
This public opinion poll was conducted in 2013 and covers all in all 10 states of South Sudan. It explores respondents’ views on a variety of issues including the general environment, the economy, service delivery, attitudes towards government, country perceptions and attitudes towards women. Download
Using South Sudan as a case study, this evaluation report focuses on the impact of aid programming in the country from 2005-2011. Specifically, the report identifies several factors that hinder the transition, including the security and governance issues. Finally, the report draws and shares some lessons from transition and recovery programming that can help to promote transition in South Sudan. Read more here
This report presents an evaluation of a fisheries program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by AECOM International South Sudan (AECOM) under the South Sudan Transition and Conflict Mitigation (SSTCM) Program in the Sobat River Corridor. The program’s purpose was to direct quick-impact conflict mitigation and stabilization programming to one of South Sudan’s most volatile regions, in Jonglei and Upper Nile states. USAID believes that the development of fisheries-based…
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