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Saturday, March 13, 2010
Since 2002 Sierra Leone has been slowly emerging from the devastation caused by its civil war. However, the country ranks near the bottom of most global indices. According to available data, it appears that the current status quo will continue in the short-term. Moderate gains have been made in terms of government reforms. However,... More
Friday, March 12, 2010
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Since 2006, Nepal's risk of conflict has marginally increased. While the 2006 risk index was 5.96, current estimates suggest an increase to 6.34. While governance and political stability, militarization, demographic stress, human development, and international linkages have improved since 2006, indicators demonstrating history of armed conflict,... More
Monday, March 8, 2010
After discovering alluvial gold on Guadalcanal in 1568, Spanish explorer Alvaro de Mendana, believing he had found the source of King Solomon’s great wealth, fittingly named his findings the Isles of Solomon.i The islands, which eventually became a British colony, were a ... More
Monday, March 1, 2010
Like everyone else, we were shocked by the heavy loss of life in Haiti as a result of the earthquake that hit on January 12th , but we were not surprised by the impact the earthquake had on the country’s infrastructure, its economy and its people. Indeed, most of Haiti's immediate difficulties in recovering... More
Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Saturday, January 9, 2010
Somalia has had no effective government since 1991. According to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, Somalia is the most pressing humanitarian emergency, even worse than the crisis in Darfur, Sudan. The current instability in Somalia is rooted in many factors such as war, famine, corruption, warlords and external interventions. The Somali society is... More
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Friday, October 23, 2009
State fragility has become a buzzword in international development policy. The re-emergence of “the state” as a central actor in developing countries has several causes: state fragility is closely linked with security issues at the top of the foreign policy agendas of donor countries; the current international financial crisis has made it... More
Friday, October 2, 2009
“Genocide is the denial of the right to existence of entire human groups, as homicide is the denial of the right to live of individual human beings; such denial of the right of existence shocks the conscience of mankind, results in great losses to humanity in the form of cultural and other contributions represented... More
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