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Extractive Industries and Conflict

This report from the UN outlines a toolkit for preventing and managing land and natural resources conflict.

Mali and the Sahel-Sahara: From Crisis Management to Sustainable Strategy

This issue brief from the International Peace Institute analyzes the current crisis in Mali within the context of the Sahel-Sahara region as a whole.

Understanding Peacebuilding as Essentially Local

In this recent brief from the International Journal of Peace & Security, Cedric de Coning explains why real peacebuilding must be an inherently local strategy.
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Freedom and Bread Go Together

Marwan Muasher stresses that economic reforms in the Arab world must be implemented in parallel with political change.

Livelihood Decisions in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh

In this paper from UNU-WIDER, Muhammad Badiuzzaman and his colleagues analyze rural household livelihood and children’s school enrolment decisions in a post-conflict setting in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh.

Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict in the Amazon and the Andes

This report from the Center for American Progress examines the interactions of climate change, environmental degradation, migration, and conflict in the Amazon.

Entrepreneurship and Conflict

This Special Journal from UNU-WIDER thoroughly investigates the relationship between entrepreneurship and conflict.

Livelihoods and Economic Recovery in Fragile Situations

This guide from the UNDP is a compilation of expertise for those working post-reconstruction efforts.

Rethinking Economic Growth: Towards Productive and Inclusive Arab Societies

This report from the ILO outlines a new way of thinking about economic growth and inclusion in the Arab states.

Think Global, Act Global: Confronting Global Factors Influencing Conflict & Fragility

This brief from the OECD summarizes the recent Berlin Policy Forum which stressed the need for global action to prevent violent conflict and fragility.

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