Conflict Prevention
New Technology and the Prevention of Violence and Conflict
This IPI report explores the ways in which new technologies can assist international actors, governments, and civil society organizations to more effectively prevent violence and conflict.
Business & Peace: The End of the Zero-Sum Game
April 29, 2013 | 8:53am
*Written by Talia Hagerty, Monitoring and Evaluation, Trickle Up
Leveraging Development Aid to Address Root Causes in Counterinsurgency
This working paper from the RAND Corporation focuses on the application of aid money and resources by both military and civilian officials in the hold and build stages of western COIN doctrine.
The Growing Battle between Mining and Agriculture
March 29, 2013 | 12:54pm
Written by Keith Slack, Extractive Industries Global Program Manager, Oxfam America
10 Elements of Good Practice in Corporate-Community Engagement -- Lessons Learned from Chevron Nigeria Limited’s GMOU
February 18, 2013 | 2:14pm
In the wake of a violent inter-ethnic crisis in 2003, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) — the third largest oil producer in Nigeria — dramatically reshaped its community engagement strategy
It All Starts with Training: Crisis Prevention and U.S. Foreign Affairs Agencies
This paper from the Center for American Progress looks at current conflict prevention training in foreign affairs agencies and how this training can be improved.
Latin American Approaches to Extractive Industry Conflicts
In this report from Evidence & Lessons from Latin America, researchers explain the innovating ways that countries in Latin America are dealing with conflict fostered by extractive industries.
Preventing Conflict in Exploration: A Toolkit for Explorers and Developers
The Toolkit presents a simple and practical analysis Tool that helps mining exploration and development companies approach their routine business activities in a manner that furthers positive relations with local communities, even where tensions or conflict exist in the local operating environment.
Evaluating the EU’s Role and Challenges in Sudan and South Sudan
The objective of this work is to identify recommendations to overcome challenges and constraints so that the EU, under the new Lisbon Treaty architecture, can better link early warning to effective and timely response to prevent conflict and build peace.
Adapting to Climate Change
The Report showcases the UNDP-Global Environment Facility adaptation portfolio, focusing on both the principles underlying the UNDP-GEF approach to adaptation programming and the key processes involved in removing barriers to successful adaptation measures.
