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 from 2010 focuses on how the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), and its political wing, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), have incorporated complex operations of foreigners into their strategies for fighting wars and gaining political power. Download
This report summarises the findings from a qualitative study of the situation of higher education in Southern Sudan, and takes a bottom up perspective on barriers women face in access to higher education and possible constraints they meet while undertaking higher education. Download
Case-study of the NGO cooperative efforts in Sudan, in particular after the CPA. Download
This collection of articles delineates potential post-referendum scenarios, and identifies the political options they open up for different actors in Sudan. Download
In this opinion piece Sara Pantuliano critically reflects on lessons from Southern Sudan on international engagement in fragile states. Download
Based on 78 focus groups conducted from October 20, 2008-February 6, 2009 with 964 participants, this report seeks to understand the mind-set of participants living in Southern Sudan and the Three Areas as they approach the national election scheduled for April 2010. Download
This report from 2009 summarizes three workshops designed to explore opportunities to avoid political violence in Sudan through the end of 2011 thus after the referendum in then Southern Sudan. Sponsored by the United States Institute of Peace, these workshops took place during April and May 2009 with assistance from Policy Futures, LLC. Twenty Sudan experts participated. Download
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.
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
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
