South and South East Asia

Security for Whom? Security Sector Reform and Public Security in Nepal

Charlotte Watson with Rebecca Crozier
January, 2009
International Alert
28 pages
London, UK
NA

The accessible and accountable provision of security and justice is a key requirement for ensuring sustainable peace and economic and social development. In Nepal, there is an urgent need to address issues related to security provision and the security sector as part of the ongoing peace process. Success in security sector reform (SSR) is vital in ensuring the improvements to governance, without which further violent conflict in Nepal is likely.

This briefing aims to connect the public security and security sector reform (SSR) agendas in Nepal in order to inform ongoing discussions amongst donors and to explore the role that the EU could play in future security-enhancing activities in the country.

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Global Monitoring Checklist on Women Peace and Security

Afghanistan • Democratic Republic of Congo Nepal • Northern Ireland • Sri Lanka
GAPS-UK
March, 2009
GAPS-UK
162 pages
London, UK
NA

The Global Monitoring Checklist is a pilot research project designed to contribute towards international understanding on women, peace and security efforts. It highlights relevant activities at the local and national level by women, civil society, national governments and the international community. It is not a comprehensive survey of all initiatives relating to women, peace and security; rather, it is a first step in gathering and collating information that links directly to UNSCR 1325 implementation.

This is a pilot research project designed to contribute towards international understanding on women, peace and security efforts. It highlights relevant activities at the local and national level by women, civil society, national governments and the international community.

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Security and Justice in Nepal

Saferworld
FWLD
Equal Access Nepal
Antenna Foundation Nepal
IHRICON
International Alert
March, 2010
International Alert
58 pages
London, UK
978-1-904833-48-2

This is the second of two briefing papers produced as part of a year-long initiative aimed at reinvigorating the debate on reintegration. Based on research in Burundi, Liberia and Nepal, it discusses why the lessons of past reintegration programmes are not being learned and what implications this has for future EU disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) programming. It was used in draft form to inform discussions at an Alert Roundtable held in Brussels in November 2009.

This paper discusses why the lessons of past reintegration programmes in Burundi, Liberia and Nepal are not being learned and what implications this has for future EU disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) programming.

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Rethinking the Nexus between Youth, Unemployment and Conflict – Perspectives from Sri Lanka

Harini Amarasuriya
Canan Gündüz
Markus Mayer
April, 2009
International Alert
38 pages
London, UK
8-955-8085-03-5

This series of four country case studies explores the ways in which the economic causes, drivers and impacts of conflict have been tackled in different ways in a number of conflict-affected countries where Alert works. The aim is to encourage cross-country learning, and inform what has become a vibrant international debate in the last few years on how to adapt economic development interventions to conflict contexts, to make them conflict-sensitive, and able to support longer-term peacebuilding.

This report - part of a series of four country case studies - explores the ways in which the economic causes, drivers and impacts of conflict can be tackled in Sri Lanka.

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What Role for Business in "Post-conflict" Economic Recovery? - Perspectives from Nepal

Lindsay Alexander
Canan Gündüz
DB Subedi
April, 2009
International Alert
63 pages
London, UK
NA

This series of four country case studies explores the ways in which the economic causes, drivers and impacts of conflict have been tackled in different ways in a number of conflict-affected countries where Alert works. The aim is to encourage cross-country learning, and inform what has become a vibrant international debate in the last few years on how to adapt economic development interventions to conflict contexts, to make them conflict-sensitive, and able to support longer-term peacebuilding.

This report - part of a series of four country case studies - explores the ways in which the economic causes, drivers and impacts of conflict can be tackled in Nepal.

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Snapshot Series: Security and Justice from a District Perspective, Jumla

International Alert
Initiative for Peacebuilding
May, 2009
International Alert, Initiatve for Peacebuilding
12 pages
London, UK
8-955-8085-03-5

The ‘Snapshot’ briefings are part of a longer-term initiative by International Alert to help address the current gaps in knowledge and understanding between those actors at the district level and those in Kathmandu. Each briefing aims to outline current security and justice needs and challenges in a particular district, and advance constructive recommendations for ways in which national and international actors could address these challenges. The briefings are based on research undertaken as part of Alert’s work for the Initiative for Peacebuilding project.

This snapshot briefing outlines current security and justice needs in Jumla - a remote hill district - giving constructive recommendations for ways in which national and international actors could address these challenges.

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Snapshot Series: Security and Justice from a District Perspective, Morang

Morang
International Alert
Initiative for Peacebuilding
May, 2009
International Alert, Initiative for Peacebuilding
10 pages
London, UK
8-955-8085-03-5

The ‘Snapshot’ briefings are part of a longer-term initiative by International Alert to help address the current gaps in knowledge and understanding between those actors at the district level and those in Kathmandu. Each briefing aims to outline current security and justice needs and challenges in a particular district, and advance constructive recommendations for ways in which national and international actors could address these challenges. The briefings are based on research undertaken as part of Alert’s work for the Initiative for Peacebulding project.

This snapshot briefing outlines current security and justice needs in Morang - an industrial hub in eastern Terai region - giving constructive recommendations for ways in which national and international actors could address these challenges.

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Snapshot Series: Security and Justice from a District Perspective, Kailali

Kailali
International Alert, IfP
May, 2009
International Alert, IfP
12 pages
London, UK
NA

The ‘Snapshot’ briefings are part of a longer-term initiative by International Alert to help address the current gaps in knowledge and understanding between those actors at the district level and those in Kathmandu. Each briefing aims to outline current security and justice needs and challenges in a particular district, and advance constructive recommendations for ways in which national and international actors could address these challenges. The briefings are based on research undertaken as part of Alert’s work for the Initiative for Peacebulding project.

This snapshot briefing outlines current security and justice needs in Kailali, a rural Terai district, giving constructive recommendations for ways in which national and international actors could address these challenges.

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Inclusive Peace in Muslim Mindanao

Revisiting the dynamics of conflict and exclusion
Francisco J. Lara Jr.
Phil Champain
July, 2009
International Alert
32 pages
London, UK
978-1-906677-43-5

This paper argues that at the core of the problem of persistent violence in Mindanao is the exclusionary political economy that is developed and sustained through a complex system of contest and violence. “Rebellion-related” violence relating to the vertical armed challenges against the infrastructure of the state combines with “inter- or intra-clan and group violence” relating to horizontal armed challenges between and among families, clans, and tribes.

This paper argues that at the core of the problem of persistent violence in Mindanao is the exclusionary political economy that is developed and sustained through a complex system of contest and violence.

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Sustaining Business and Peace

A Resource Pack on Corporate Responsibility for Small and Medium Enterprises
Radhika Hettiarachchi
Lucy Holdaway
Canan Gündüz
Editor: Jehan Mendis
July, 2009
International Alert
120 pages
London, UK
978-955-8085-02-8

This resource pack contains five sections which lead the reader through a three-step cycle of understanding and analysing, planning and doing, and checking and improving Corporate Responsibility (CR) activities.
 It primarily addresses Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and is based on experience from Sri Lanka. The purpose of this resource pack is to introduce Sri Lankan SMEs to the concepts and approaches of CR. It presents a coherent framework that will help SMEs identify ways of adapting CR to their own context and purposes.
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This resource pack contains five sections which lead the reader through a three-step cycle of understanding and analysing, planning and doing, and checking and improving Corporate Responsibility (CR) activities. It primarily addresses Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and is based on experience from Sri Lanka.

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