This briefing paper (2009) discusses the capacity of elections to achieve effective political accommodation and thereby help to achieve peace in Sudan.
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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 report (2009) shares the findings and considers the policy implications of the first evidence-based survey of community perceptions on policing in Southern Sudan. The survey data provide a snapshot of security issues across the still fragile social and political landscape of Southern Sudan.
This report (2009) presents the findings from the IOM tracking of spontaneous returns programme, which gathered information such as return numbers, basic demographic information (sex, age) and special needs/vulnerabilities of IDPs and refugees who have spontaneously returned to Southern Sudan and Southern Kordofan. Download
The majority of those living in the border region of Kenya, Sudan, and Uganda are pastoralists, whose livelihoods are dictated by the upkeep and size of their herds. Harsh environmental conditions force pastoralists to migrate in search of water and pasturelands during the dry season. With limited access to water and competing rights to land, inter-tribal conflict arises when pastoralists from one tribe enter the territory of another. The increased availability of small arms in…
The report (2009) examines three interconnected issues: reintegration, the role of food assistance in supporting reintegration and concerns about dependency on food aid in Southern Sudan.
This study on the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in the border region of DR Congo, Sudan and Uganda provides a brief chronology of conflict events, and an overview of the different responses. It concludes with the description of near-future scenarios and the few recommendations that can be made in 2009. Download
This Issue Brief explores some of the internal and external challenges currently facing the GoSS, and its responses, particularly the most recent civilian disarmament campaign, which took place in the second half of 2008. Download
Based on interviews conducted with policy designers, practitioners, local people and chiefs at three sites in Southern Sudan in 2007, this article calls for a rethinking of donor-supported justice and police development and advocates an approach that recognizes the importance of local justice. Link to publication
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This discussion paper has been prepared for the joint AfDB/PDG Conference on Contracting Out Core Government Functions and Services in Post-Conflict and Fragile Situations, held in Tunis 8-9 June 2009. Download
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