The Sudan Joint Assessment Mission (JAM) (2005) was carried out jointly by the World Bank and the United Nations, with the full endorsement, guidance and participation of the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM). Through a joint process with Sudanese counterparts, the JAM has looked at eight thematic areas (institutional development; rule of law; economic policy; productive sectors; basic social services; infrastructure; livelihoods and social protection; and information and media),…
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CSRF Research Repository
The CSRF Research Repository aims to support greater contextual knowledge for policy makers, programme managers, and implementers by providing a searchable repository of research, analysis, and resources, and providing periodic updates on new research and analysis.
This article (2005) explores local government structure and practices in SPLM/A held areas in Southern Sudan. Doing this it refers to the challenges of distributing land and foreign aid. The article focusses on the Equatoria region and on ethnic politics in Central Equatoria during the past civil war. Link to publication
This is the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed between the parties under the auspices of IGAD in 2005. The document contains some provisions for reconciliation and healing. Download
This report is based on a series of 32 focus groups, aimed to give concrete expression to the views of ordinary men and women about the future of New Sudan. Download
The aim of this chapter is to cast an anthropological eye over the issues of local knowledge, famine relief, and development theory, using the case of southern Sudan to reveal structural weaknesses in the ways local people are seen and represented in conventional development discourse. Information produced by anthropologists has often been praised but subsequently ignored by development practitioners (Saleem-Murdock 1990). Anthropologists have done little to resist being pushed aside on matters of policy as…
This paper gives a personal assessment of the local needs of the Southern Sudanese population in the period of societal reconstruction that is envisaged in the likely event of a meaningful peace agreement being realized between the Southern Sudanese people (via the SPLM/A) and the Government of Sudan (GoS) in 2004. Download
This report from 2004 examines lessons from peacebuilding efforts during the 1990s. “Peacebuilding” commonly refers to a set of transitional activities to implement peace agreements after civil wars. Activities normally include managing the transition from relief to economic recovery and longer term development; return of refugees and displaced persons; security sector reform; (re)constructing social and economic infrastructure; (re)building political institutions for democratic rule; and promoting human rights and accountability for past violations in a system…
This paper from 2004 examines the consequences of ethnic factionalism in Sudan’s conflict, memories of domination and victimization prior to and during last civil war, and circumstances for interethnic relations among Sudanes refugees in Adjumani and Cairo. Link to publication
This article from 2004 reflects on the political transformation of the SPLM/A and argues, the SPLA will not achieve its state-building objective because of the effects of international norms on the movement’s intentions and pursuits of its interests. Link to publication
This report looks into the opportunities and constraints of local initiatives for peace and their contribution to the resolution of conflict at the local level, with a particular focus on women initiatives. Secondly, it seeks to explore in what ways outsiders could provide meaningful contributions to such initiatives. The research focuses on the case of local initiatives for peace in southern Sudan, and in particular on the Sudanese Women’s Voice for Peace, a Sudanese NGO.
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