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3 results foundAuthor: Ruckstuhl, Sandra Title: Renewable Natural Resources: Practical Lessons for Conflict-Sensitive Development Summary: This paper explores how a “conflict and violence‐sensitive” framework in project assessment, design and implementation facilitates early identification and mitigation of negative consequences of competition and dispute, and promotes sustainable development over the longer term. It discusses the role of renewable resources in perpetuating conflict and violence, and distills lessons from selected development programming experiences in managing conflict risks associated with these dynamics. The study emphasizes that building capacity to productively address conflict and to improve community resilience to ecological change decreases vulnerability to violence, and improves livelihoods — particularly for the world’s poorest communities. The study draws on a range of development experience and specifically examines six case studies: three from the World Bank portfolio and three external to the Bank. Of the World Bank projects, the paper considers Andhra Pradesh Community Forest Management Project (India), Land Conflict and Vulnerability Pilot Project (Afghanistan), and Second Fadama Development Project (Nigeria). The paper also studies three external cases: Conservation of Managed Indigenous Areas (Ecuador) and Building the Capacity of ICCN to Resolve and Manage Environmental Conflicts in Virunga National Park (DRC), both financed by USAID; and the Community Development Component of GTZ’s Palestinian Water Program (West Bank). The concluding chapter outlines good practice and lessons learned from experience, emphasizing principals for building institutional and organizational capacity that support constructive conflict management. Details: Washington, DC: The World Bank, Social Development Department, 2009. 77p. Source: Internet Resource: Conflict, Crime & Violence Issue Note: Accessed July 19, 2011 at: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTSOCIALDEVELOPMENT/Resources/244362-1164107274725/RNR_PRS.pdf Year: 2009 Country: International URL: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTSOCIALDEVELOPMENT/Resources/244362-1164107274725/RNR_PRS.pdf Shelf Number: 122100 Keywords: Conflict and ViolenceNatural Resources and Violence |
Author: Justino, Patricia Title: Carrot or Stick? Redistributive Transfers versus Policing in Contexts of Civil Unrest Summary: Recurrent episodes of civil unrest significantly reduce the potential for economic growth and poverty reduction. Yet the economics literature offers little understanding of what triggers civil unrest in society and how to prevent it. This paper provides a theoretical analysis in a dynamic setting of the merits of redistributive transfers in preventing the onset of (and reducing) civil unrest and compare it with policies of more direct intervention such as the use of police. We present empirical evidence for a panel of Indian states, where conflict, transfers and policing are treated as endogenous variables. Our empirical results show, in the medium-term, redistributive transfers are both a more successful and cost-effective means to reduce civil unrest. Policing is at best a short-term strategy. In the longer term, it may trigger further social discontent. Details: London: Conflict, Violence and Development Research Center, Institute of Development Studies, 2011. 29p. Source: IDS Working Paper, Volume 2011 No. 382: Internet Resource: Accessed February 18, 2012 at Year: 2011 Country: India URL: Shelf Number: 124167 Keywords: Conflict and ViolencePolicing (India) |
Author: Dwan, Renata, ed. Title: Executive Policing: Enforcing the Law in Peace Operations Summary: The United Nations peace operations in Kosovo and East Timor are responsible for the enforcement of law and order, establishing local police forces, and protecting and promoting human rights. This executive authority distinguishes them from earlier missions where civilian police were deployed. In this book seven authors examine the legal and political implications, the training of international police in a multinational and multicultural context, the use of community policing, the crucial issue of cooperation between the military and the civilian police components, and what has been learned about planning for the handover to local authority. Details: Solna, Sweden: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, 2002. 156p. Source: SIPRI Research Report No. 16: Internet Resource: Accessed March 14, 2012 at http://books.sipri.org/files/RR/SIPRIRR16.pdf Year: 2002 Country: International URL: http://books.sipri.org/files/RR/SIPRIRR16.pdf Shelf Number: 124538 Keywords: Conflict and ViolenceInternational CooperationInternational Law Enforcement CooperationPeacekeepingPolitical Violence |