Strengthening Evidence Based Policy - Addressing and Mitigating Violence: Recent submissions

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    • ‘External Stresses’ and Violence Mitigation in Fragile Contexts: Setting the Stage for Policy Analysis 

      Schultze-Kraft, Markus (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-10)
      Following on from the World Bank’s World Development Report 2011 on conflict, security and development, a debate has emerged about the role of so-called ‘external stresses’ in generating ‘new’ forms of violence and insecurity ...

    • Unemployment, Service Provision and Violence Reduction Policies in Urban Maharashtra 

      Tranchant, Jean-Pierre (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-08)
      With almost 40 per cent of its urban population living in slums, the state of Maharashtra faces a severe problem of inadequate housing and urban planning. The acute inequalities that characterise current Maharashtra’s urban ...

    • Addressing and Mitigating Violence: Uptake Strategy 

      Befani, Barbara; Collodi, Jason; Lind, Jeremy; Munslow, Tamlyn; Seballos, Frances; Wilson, Emilie (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-08)
      The overarching purpose of the Addressing and Mitigating Violence theme (AMV) is to generate useful analysis to tackle policy dilemmas relating to ‘newer’ forms of violence and organised crime. An important goal of ...

    • Nigeria's Post-1999 Political Settlement and Violence Mitigation in the Niger Delta 

      Schultze-Kraft, Markus (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-06)
      Almost fifteen years after transitioning to civilian-electoral rule, Nigeria is still wrestling with the legacy of a protracted period of military government and the ‘resource curse’ associated with its huge oil wealth. ...

    • Understanding and Tackling Violence Outside of Armed Conflict Settings 

      Lind, Jeremy; Mitchell, Becky (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-06-03)
      Understanding and tackling violence that occurs outside of armed conflict settings is essential to improving the wellbeing of some of the world’s poorest communities. Whilst advances have been made in terms of designing ...

    • Elites, Oil and Violence Mitigation in the Niger Delta 

      Schultze-Kraft, Markus (IDS, 2013-05)
      The crisis in the oil-rich Niger Delta in Nigeria is one of the world’s forgotten conflicts in which thousands have been killed and the country’s vital oil industry has suffered. In the past twenty years, environmental ...

    • A New Deal? Development and Security in a Changing World 

      Allouche, Jeremy; Lind, Jeremy (IDS, 2013)
      Development policy and practice in fragile and conflict-affected areas needs to be rethought. A growing proportion of aid budgets is going to fragile and conflict-affected states and conflict prevention is becoming an ...