Disarmament and DDR

Bamako Declaration on an African Common Position on the Illicit Proliferation, Circulation and Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons

Policy Framework for the control of SALW

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Ex-pirates in Somalia: Disengagement Processes and Reintegration Programming

Provides first hand insights into some of the conditions, circumstances and processes which may serve to discourage involvement and continued engagement in piracy and lessons learned from programming interventions.

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Social Development Notes: Conlfict Crime and Violence -DDR

Brief guide on DDR for Bank staff

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Muilt- Country Demobilisation and Reintegration Program: End of Program Evaluation, Final Report

End of project review for this ;athe multi-country DDR programme

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Priority Plan for Peace Building in the Comoros

Interesting example of what might be considered a simply articulated Transitional Results Framework for Peacebuilding in the Comoros Context - developed by the Government of the Union des Comores with external support. Highlights proposed DDR interventions within the context of wider stabilisation efforts centered around other risk groups - makes linkages to wider PRSP and sectoral policies.

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Public Attitudes towards the Security and Justice Sectors in Libya

This report explores public attitudes towards security and justice actors in Libya in 2013. It provides a useful example of the detailed exploration of public perceptions towards armed groups and their views on the challenges of dealing with them - including their reintegration into formal structures of disbandment.

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Improving Security in Violent Conflict Settings: Security & Justice Thematic Paper

This comprehensive but succinct report explores issues related to violence and conflict in complex settings , highlighting clearly the blurred lines across which many development and stabilisation programmes have to operate. It contains an in depth analysis of DDR objectives and considers why 'traditional' DDR responses are inadequate / insufficient to deal with many of the situations in which they are often called for.

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Armed and Aimless: Armed groups, Guns and Human Security in the ECOWAS Region

This lengthy report is comprehensive study of armed groups and small arms in the ECOWAS region up to early 2005. Part I contains six in-depth studies. Part II consists of a region-wide mapping of armed groups operational at that time in the ECOWAS region. It is included as the detailed analysis provided contains useful information on both cross border conflict dynamics as well as some of the drivers of participation in armed groups as well as ex-combatant recycling. Conclusions drawn (pgs.

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Listening for Change: Participatory Evaluations of DDR in Mali, Cambodia and Albania

This report summarizes the findings of a large-scale comparative research project that sought to test the applicability of participatory monitoring and evaluation and its relevance as a methodology in DDR and arms reduction schemes. Mali was one of the focus countries in which the research was conducted.

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Multi-country Demobilization and Reintegration Program: End of Program Evaluation

This comprehensive end of programme evaluation provides a detailed analysis of all components of the MDRP from design to p[reject implementation modalities. Chapter V (page 43) provides a synthesis of lessons learned and detailed summaries of individual projects are provided within the Annex.

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