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    Joint research platform for improving investment in evidence on issues of fragility, security and conflict
    (2011) Ray, Olivier; de Boer, John; Wingfield, Tom
    The Joint Research Platform promotes a collaborative approach to funding policy and relevant research to help address critical evidence gaps, and to provide policymakers and practitioners with credible data on what works, what doesn’t and why. This report provides a 2-page update on the project to date (2011). Rigorous and innovative research is essential to design interventions that effectively tackle the host of challenges facing fragile states and conflict affected situations.
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    Potential areas for joint research on conflict and violence
    (2011-10)
    This call for proposals was designed to generate an evidence base on the connection between violence and poverty reduction in urban centres and more specifically, on the most effective strategies to tackle serious challenges posed by violence to the well-being of individuals and communities, as well as the legitimacy and accountability of public authorities. The report provides an outline of objectives, next steps, and participating institutions.
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    Future Direction of Investment in Evidence on Issues of Fragility, Security, and Conflict : summary of donor roundtable meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, September 22, 2011
    (2011)
    This report provides a summary of the donor roundtable discussion on the future direction of investment in evidence-based planning on issues of fragility, security and conflict. Much of what is “known” by the research community is not “known” by policy and practice communities in any real sense. Discussions focused on processing and translating research into policy.
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    Desarrollo en la sombra de la violencia : agenda de conocimiento para políticas; informe sobre la dirección a futuro de la inversión en evidencia en problemas de fragilidad, seguridad y conflicto, Ginebra, 22 de septiembre de 2011
    (Centro de Cooperación Internacional, 2011-11) Jones, Bruce; Elgin-Cossart, Molly; Brown, Kaysie
    Ciclos recurrentes de violencia acosan y definen a los estados frágiles y la violencia alimenta su subdesarrollo crónico. Las tasas de pobreza en los países empobrecidos que sufren de violencia son, en promedio, 20 puntos más altas que las de sus contrapartes pobres donde prevalece la paz. El trabajo realizado en el tema de conflictos en el pasado a menudo buscaba una explicación simple, una causa única (etnia, “avaricia”, etc.), con su respectiva bala mágica para resolver el problema de la fragilidad. Ahora sabemos con certeza que las causas de los conflictos son múltiples y complejas y que generalmente ocurren en combinación. Sabemos que es difícil, pero no imposible sostener una salida del conflicto; que los arreglos políticos incluyentes son importantes para la paz; que es vital para el éxito la confianza que se logre en los arreglos políticos y en instituciones reformadas. También sabemos que esto toma tiempo, con frecuencia medido en décadas. A pesar de la complejidad de las causas, el razonamiento general que subyace a los conflictos es sencillo: para decirlo de un modo simple, la violencia ocurre en contextos donde no existen alternativas institucionales a la violencia o si las hay son débiles. Instituciones débiles combinadas con una gama de motivaciones políticas, económicas y de seguridad (y presiones externas) crean las condiciones para el conflicto y la violencia...
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    Transforming eBoletín / Global Consortium on Security Transformation (GCST), no. 1, marzo 2009
    (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO-Chile), Santiago, CL, 2009) Lunecke, Alejandra
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    Transforming eBulletin / Global Consortium on Security Transformation (GCST), no. 1, March 2009
    (Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO-Chile), Santiago, CL, 2009) Lunecke, Alejandra
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    Transforming eBoletín / Global Consortium on Security Transformation (GCST), no. 2, mayo 2009
    (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO-Chile), Santiago, CL, 2009) Lunecke, Alejandra
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    Transforming eBoletín / Global Consortium on Security Transformation (GCST), no. 4, octubre de 2009
    (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO-Chile), Santiago, CL, 2009) Souza Fernandes, Ney E.
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    Transforming eBulletin / Global Consortium on Security Transformation (GCST), no. 4, October 2009
    (Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO-Chile), Santiago, CL, 2009) Souza Fernandes, Ney E.
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    Global consortium on security transformation : final narrative report, 2008-2010
    (Global Consortium on Security Transformation (GCST), 2010)
    The GCST fills the gap between citizens’ perceptions and government policies by encouraging the inclusion of new voices within policy discussions and analysis, especially those of the poor and insecure; making sure existing initiatives become more visible for a wider community; and fostering new ways of thinking about security and justice and their relationship with development. Cross-regional working groups are the central working structures within the Global consortium on security transformation (GCST). Groups convene to share new knowledge, take advantage of practical experiences in the field, foster new agendas, and strengthen existing networks. The report provides details on programming and publications.
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    Final technical report / From War to Politics : Non-State Armed Groups in Transition, 2009-2011
    (Berghof Foundation, Berlin, DE, 2012) Dudouet, Véronique
    The project undertook innovative research on content, timing, sequencing and ownership of security transitions from the perspective of conflict stakeholders who have made the shift from state challengers to peace- and state building agents. It aimed to analyse the successes and limitations of past or ongoing peacebuilding processes from the point of view of their ‘receiving end,’ by integrating the voice of insurgency movements and their demobilised militants. Nine country cases, namely, Colombia, South Africa, El Salvador, Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Burundi, South Sudan, Nepal and Aceh, were selected so that a comparative analysis exploring cross-country commonalities and local specificities could be drawn.
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    From combatants to peacebuilders : a case for inclusive, participatory and holistic security transitions; policy report
    (Berghof Foundation, Berlin, DE, 2012) Dudouet, Véronique; Giessmann, Hans J.; Planta, Katrin
    Drawing from nine cases of successful war-to-peace transitions, the book aims to identify common findings that can be generalized to various intra-state armed conflicts and post war contexts. It also presents context-specific findings for particular situations such as security transitions amidst ongoing conflict (Colombia) or in contexts of state formation (Southern Sudan, Kosovo). It spells out thematic challenges, lessons learned, and includes policy recommendations for managing volatile post war transitions as well as building more legitimate democratic and accountable political and security institutions.
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    Harvesting feminist knowledge for public policy : rebuilding progress
    (IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2011) Jain, Devaki; Elson, Diane
    This volume consists of 14 essays written in the context of the “triple crises” of food, fuel, and finance; the deep-seated problems of growing inequality; unpaid care work; and environmentally unsustainable patterns of economic growth. The authors argue that the very approach being taken to understand and measure progress, and to plan for and evaluate development, needs rethinking in ways that draw on the knowledge of women. It is the forms of production, paradigms, and institutions themselves that need transforming, both through changes in ideas that generate economic policies, and through social mobilization.
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    Femnminismos, democratizacion y democracia radical
    (Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Buenos Aires, AR, 2009) Di Marco, Graciela; Tabbush, Constanza
    La radicalización de la democracia implica la democratización tanto de la esfera pública como de la privada. Ambas están conectadas, y pueden favorecer la ampliación de derechos y de la ciudadanía y a contribuir a la profundización y madurez de la democracia. Estas vinculaciones adquieren diversas especificidades en diferentes culturas, de alli que el estudio comparativo que se presenta puede iluminar los procesos seguidos en cada una de ellas. La necesidad de tomar en cuenta la esfera política, económica, social y cultural en los procesos de cada país y región se deriva de un enfoque en el que se examinan la adquisición de derechos en su contexto social de surgimiento. Por lo tanto, los resultados obtenidos vinculan la adquisición de derechos a esas mismas relaciones sociales, más que al cumplimiento de las normas jurídicas existentes. Partiendo de este vinculo entre derechos y dinámicas sociales, este tipo de enfoque aumenta la capacidad de la comunidad académica de colaborar con otros actores sociales en la formulación de recomendaciones encaminadas a la formulación de políticas, especialmente en términos de la igualdad entre los géneros y los derechos del niño.
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    Transforming eBulletin / Global Consortium on Security Transformation (GCST), no. 2, May 2009
    (Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO-Chile), Santiago, CL, 2009) Lunecke, Alejandra
    The bulletin features articles by the Working Group on Regional Security (WGRS); drug trafficking and abuse in Latin America and the United States; the costs and impacts of violence in countries with high levels of insecurity; security sector reform in the Arab world; and links to current events and publications.