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International Network for Economics and Conflict

Welcome to the International Network for Economics and Conflict. INEC is a comprehensive one-stop tool for practitioners of economic development working in fragile states. Please feel free to comment on our blogs, participate in the online events, peruse the documents in our library, watch some of the video interviews with experts returning from the field, or ask a question of our panel of experts.

New Blog - Achieving Solutions: Reforming Our Approach to Displaced Populations

This week's blog pulls recommendations from a new UNHCR report evaluating durable solutions for displaced people in Colombia and Liberia.

Iraqi Business Attitudes on the Economy, Government, and Business Organizations

Check out this survey of Iraqi business views on the economy, government, and business organizations commissioned by the Center for International Private Enterprise.

Let There Be Light: A Center for Global Development brownbag seminar

Don't miss this brownbag discussion on the role of electricity in jump-starting development, improving the environment, and assisting fragile states that ferment many of today's security threats.

Featured Resources

Climate Change as a Conflict Multiplier

This USIP peace brief discusses the link between climate change and conflict and what types of policy are needed.

Best Practices for Sustainable Development in Emerging-Market Cities

This article discusses strategies for sustainability in light of the massive wave of urbanization in emerging markets.

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Upcoming events

Trans-Boundary Water Management in Central Asia: Challenges and Opportunities

02/22/2012 - 5:30pm
U.S. Engagement in the Fight against the LRA Implications and Predictions

02/23/2012 - 10:00am - 11:30am
Emerging Economies & New Models of Public-Private Partnerships: Views from the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the United States, and South Korea

02/24/2012 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Community-Driven Approaches to Natural Resource Management: How Conservation is Creating Prosperity and Stability in Rural Namibia

02/28/2012 - 12:30pm - 2:00pm
The Asia Foundation Book Launch - Built on Dreams, Grounded in Reality: Economic Policy Reform in the Philippines

02/29/2012 - 9:15am - 11:00am

Recent Blog Post

Achieving Solutions: Reforming Our Approach to Displaced Populations

February 21, 2012 | 12:34pm

This posting was written by Michelle Swearingen, Moderator of the International Network for Economics and Conflict and pulls heavily from the UNHCR report, Uprooted and Unrestored: A

Tags: Colombia, IDPs, Liberia, Refugees, United Nations

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