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Conflict-Related Links

These lists of websites provide an overview of the issues and organizations involved in the nexus between conflict and development. They are not intended to be comprehensive.

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	Democracy and Governance    Back to Top ^   Strengthening Democratic Governance: National Session II - Conflict Management Through Democratic Institutions (Portion of the report from a March 2002 Conference) National Endowment for Democracy, Asian Center for Democratic Governance Report: http://www.ned.org/acdg/march2002/session2.html Strengthening Democratic Governance in Post-Conflict Situations (UNDP/CMI Seminar, May 2004) United Nations Development Programme http://www.undp.org/oslocentre/achvmdg2.htm Strengthening Democratic Governance in Conflict-Torn Societies (project, 1998–2001) Institute for Development Studies (IDS) http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/govern/confl.html Promoting democratic governance and preventing the recurrence of conflict: the role of the United Nations Development Programme in post conflict peace-building (article, 2002) Journal of Latin American Studies http://www.eldis.org/fulltext/promoting.pdf   Economic Growth   Back to Top ^   Conflict Prevention, Conflict Transformation, and Economic Growth in Africa: The Role and Contribution of Africa Diaspora (conference address, February 2004) Ibrahim Gambari, at the Roundtable conference for Africans and the African Diaspora, http://www.africasummit.org/news/gambari_speech.pdf The Effect of Distribution on Growth: Social Conflict Channels (website) The World Bank, PovertyNet http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/inequal/econ/socconf.htm Economic Inequalities and Civil Conflict (Discussion paper, circa 2001) University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, Centre for Development and Policy Research http://www.soas.ac.uk/cdprfiles/dp/Dp15cc.pdf   Natural Resource Management    Back to Top ^   Conflict and Natural Resources (website) Environmental Literacy Council http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/587.html Cultivating Peace: Conflict Over Natural Resources (website) The International Development Research Centre http://web.idrc.ca/en/ev-28105-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html Natural Resources and Civil Conflict: Evidence From Case Studies (paper, 2001) World Bank/UC Irvine workshop on “Civil Wars and Post-Conflict Transitions” http://hypatia.ss.uci.edu/gpacs/newpages/Ross1.pdf Natural Resources and Civil War: An Overview Professor Michael Ross, UCLA http://www.polisci.ucla.edu/faculty/ross/WBpaper.pdf   Peace Building   Back to Top ^   Peace-Building and Conflict Transformation (book chapter, 1995) Ethnic Conflict and International Relations http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/example/ryan7470.htm Civilian Conflict Transformation and Peace-Building (online publication, 2003) Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst http://www.ded.de/cipp/ded/lib/all/lob/return_download,ticket,g_u_e_s_t/bid,139/no_mime_type,0/~/fachheft_zfd_eng.pdf   Security Sector Reform    Back to Top ^   Elections and Security in Afghanistan (briefing, March 2004) International Crisis Group http://www.crisisweb.org/library/documents/asia/south_asia/040330_elections_n_security_in_afghan_small_map.pdf Security Sector Reform, Conflict Prevention and Regional Perspectives (discussion paper, March 2003) Journal of Security Sector Management (online journal) http://www.ssronline.org/jofssm/jofssm_display.cfm?hc=pdf&pi=1   Social Development   Back to Top ^   AIDS and Violent Conflict in Africa (report, 2001) United States Institute for peace http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr75.pdf

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	Africa    Back to Top ^ Democracy And Good Governance In Post Conflict Countries: The Challenges to African Leadership United Nations Development Programme http://www.undp.org/oslocentre/docs04/Sirleaf%20Johnson%20speech.pdf Democracy, Governance and Conflict in Burundi Peace Conflict & Development (open source journal) http://www.peacestudiesjournal.org.uk/docs/Burundi.PDF Governance & Managing Conflict In Africa (Part I) Somalia Watch http://www.somaliawatch.org/Archivemay/000615602.htm Towards an Understanding of Contemporary Armed Conflicts in Africa ( Institute for Security Studies http://www.iss.co.za/Pubs/Monographs/No36/ArmedConflict.html   Asia / Near East    Back to Top ^   Access to Justice: The Palestinian Legal System and the Fragmentation of Coercive Power (Working Paper, 2004) Development Studies Institute: Crisis States Programme http://www.crisisstates.com/download/wp/wp41.pdf Conflict over Natural Resources in South-East Asia and the Pacific (online book, 1990) United Nations University http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80a04e/80A04E00.htm   Europe / Eurasia   Back to Top ^   The South Caucasus: Nationalism, Conflict and Minorities Minority Rights Group International http://www.minorityrights.org/admin/Download/Pdf/SouthCaucasusreport.pdf   Latin America / Caribbean   Back to Top ^   The New Battle for Central America (article, December 2001) Foreign Affairs http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20011101faessay5776/ana-arana/the-new-battle-for-central-america.html

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	US Government Sites    Back to Top ^   Middle East Partnership Initiative (website) http://mepi.state.gov/mepi/ Small arms/Light Weapons – The US Approach to combating the Spread of Small Arms http://www.state.gov/t/pm/wra/c3670.htm The Role of Foreign Assistance in Conflict Prevention (Conference Report, January 2001) USAID http://www.usaid.gov/pubs/confprev/jan2001/   Non-Government/Non-Profit Organizations    Back to Top ^   Search for Common Ground http://www.sfcg.org/ The Asia Foundation / Conflict Management http://www.asiafoundation.org/Governance/conflict.html Institute for War and Peace Reporting http://www.iwpr.net/home_index_new.html# International Crisis Group http://www.crisisweb.org/home/index.cfm The Fund for Peace http://www.fundforpeace.org/   International Organizations    Back to Top ^   Conflict Diamonds ( website) The United Nations http://www.un.org/peace/africa/Diamond.html Peace and Governance Programme (website) UN University http://www.unu.edu/p&g/ The European Platform for Conflict Prevention and Transformation http://www.conflictprevention.org/ DAC Network on Conflict, Peace and Development Co-operation (CPDC) Participants web sites OECD/DAC http://www.oecd.org/document/17/0,2340,en_2649_34567_33835601_1_1_1_1,00.html   Academic and Private Research Organizations   Back to Top ^     Center for International Development & Conflict Management The University of Maryland http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/ Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and Policy http://www.bu.edu/iscip/ Stockholm International Peace Research Institute http://home.sipri.se/about.html Crisis States Research Center London School of Economics http://www.crisisstates.com/index.htm     US Legislation (conflict-related)   Back to Top ^     Clean Diamond Trade Act (HR 1584) (April 3, 2003) http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_bills&docid=f:h1584enr.txt.pdf Congo Basin Forest Partnership Act of 2003 (December 9, 2003) http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_bills&docid=f:h2264eh.txt.pdf United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_bills&docid=f:h1298enr.txt.pdf

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	Conflict Watch Lists    Back to Top ^   Crisis Watch (web site) International Crisis Group http://www.crisisweb.org/home/index.cfm?id=1200&l=1 FAST Early Warning System (web site) Swiss Peace Project http://www.swisspeace.org/fast/ Relief Web – Complex Emergencies (web site) United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/WCE?OpenForm   Fragile States – Theory and Analysis   Back to Top ^     State Failure Task Force (web site) Center for International Development & Conflict Management http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/project.asp?id=19 On the Brink: Weak States and US National Security (online book) Center for Global Development http://www.cgdev.org/Publications/index.cfm?PubID=142 Building Civilian Capacity for U.S. Stability Operations – The Rule of Law Component (report, April 2004) United States Institute of Peace http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr118.html The New National Security Strategy: Focus on Failed States (Policy Brief, 2003) The Brookings Institution http://www.brookings.edu/comm/policybriefs/pb116.pdf       Conflict Indicators and Conflict-Sensitive Monitoring & Evaluation Back to Top ^   Technical Sources on Programming, Indicators and M&E Strategies for Conflict Back to Top ^ Guide to Performance Management (report, June 2002; PDF - 193 kB) UUSAID; Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance; Office of Transition Initiatives http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/transition_initiatives/pubs/perfmngt.pdf Guide to Program Options in Conflict-Prone Settings (USAID report, September 2001; PDF - 771 kB) USAID; Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance; Office of Transition Initiatives http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pnacm211.pdf USAID Conflict Assessment Framework (USAID Official Document, PDF - 3.8 mB) USAID; Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance; Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/conflict/publications/docs/CMM_ConflAssessFrmwrk_May_05.pd Measuring Social Capital: An Integrated Questionnaire (report, PDF - 250 kB) World Bank http://poverty2.forumone.com/files/11998_WP18-Web.pdf Confronting War: Critical Lessons for Peace Practitioners (online book, PDF) Collaborative Learning Projects & the Collaborative for Development Action, Inc. http://www.cdainc.com/publications/rpp/confrontingwar/ConfrontingWar.pdf Conflict Sensitive M&E Resources Back to Top ^ Conflict-Sensitive Monitoring and Evaluation Keys for Successful Programming USAID/Collaborative for Development Action/Academy for Educational Development/Management Systems International http://www.ngoconnect.net/ev_en.php?ID=5986_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC Conflict Sensitive Programming through Monitoring and Evaluation A Report from USAID’s Conflict-Sensitive Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop USAID/Collaborative for Development Action/Academy for Educational Development/Management Systems International http://www.ngoconnect.net/ev_en.php?ID=5983_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC USAID-PVO Dialogue on Working In Conflict (USAID report, January 2003; PDF - 649 kB) USAID; Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance; Office of Private and Voluntary Cooperation http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/private_voluntary_cooperation/conflict_forum032703.pdf Strengthening Capacity for Monitoring and Evaluation in Uganda: A Results Based Management Perspective ( report World Bank; Operations Evaluation Department http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/oed/oeddoclib.nsf/DocUNIDViewForJavaSearch/FD47557960D7570885256A22006E83B6/$file/ECDWP8.pdf Background Materials Back to Top ^ Conflict Sensitive Approaches to Development – A Review of Practice Saferworld, International Alert, International Development Research Centre http://www.bellanet.org/pcia/documents/docs/conflict-sensitive-develop.pd A Synthesis of Evaluations of Peacebuilding Activities Undertaken by Humanitarian Agencies and Conflict Resolution Organizations Active Learning Network on Accountability and Performance on Humanitarian Assistance (ALNAP) http://www.odi.org.uk/ALNAP/pdfs/other_studies/tspeace.pdf The Evaluation of Conflict Resolution Interventions: Framing the State of Play (PDF - 177 kB) INCORE- International Conflict Research Cheyanne Church and Julie Shouldice http://www.eldis.org/static/DOC16403.htm The Evaluation of Conflict Resolution Interventions Part II – Emerging Practice and Theory (PDF - 686 kB) INCORE- International Conflict Research http://www.eldis.org/static/DOC16542.htm Supplement to 1997 DAC Guidelines on Conflict, Peace, and Development Cooperation on the Threshold of the 21st Century Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/57/55/33920283.htm#PART2 "Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment (PCIA) Five Years On: The Commodification of an Idea." In Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management Kenneth Bush http://www.berghof-center.org/handbook/cf.htm. http://www.berghof-handbook.net/uploads/download/dialogue1_bush.pdf "Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment Methodology: Evolving Art Form or Practical Dead End?" In Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation (PDF - 334 kB) Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management http://www.berghof-handbook.net/uploads/download/dialogue1_hoffman.pdf Action Evaluation in the Theory and Practice of Conflict Resolution George MAson University, Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies http://www.gmu.edu/academic/pcs/Ross81PCS.htm Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment and NGO Peacebuilding: Experiences from Kenya and Guatemala Center for Conflict Research/International Alert Manuela Leonardt, Patricia Ardon, Njeri Karuru, Andrew Sherriff http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/LGEL-5FTCQB/$FILE/ia-kenya-sep02.pdf Review of UK Approach to Peacebuilding - Synthesis of Lessons Learned from UK Government-funded Peacebuilding Projects 1997-2001 United Kingdom, Department For Iinternational Development http://www.dfid.gov.uk/aboutdfid/performance/files/ev646s.pdf Development and Conflict: A Seven Step Tool for Planners Fewer, International Alert, Saferworld http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/LGEL-5DUF7W/$FILE/fewer-7steptool-jun01.pdf Greater Horn of Africa Peace Building Project USAID/REDSO Regional Strategic Objective 6: Enhanced Capacity for Managing Conflict in the Region – Technical Report USAID/Management Systems International http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNACS438.pdf Assessment and Programmatic Recommendations: Addressing Pastoralist Conflict in the Karamoja Cluster of Kenya, Sudan and Uganda” USAID/Management Systems International http://www.eldis.org/static/DOC11425.htm The Effectiveness of Civil Society Initiatives in Controlling Violent Conflicts and Building Peace: A Study of Three Approaches in the Greater Horn of Africa USAID/Management Systems International http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNACM074.pdf Impact Evaluation of the Youth Reintegration Training and Education for Peace Program USAID/Management Systems International http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pdabt950.pdf Promoting Social Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Societies: Selected Lessons from USAID’s experience USAID/Center for Development Information and Evaluation http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNACA923.pdf

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