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Reforming social policy : changing perspectives on sustainable human development
No full textFrench version available in IDRC Digital Library: Réforme des politiques sociales : évolution des perspectives du développement humain durabl
Recherche de la sécurité
No full textVersion espagnole disponible dans la Bibliothèque numérique du CRDI: Vinculando el desarrollo a la investigación sobre seguridadVersion anglaise disponible dans la Bibliothèque numérique du CRDI: Linking development and security researc
Escaping Path Dependency - A Proposed Multi-Tiered Approach for the UN’s Peacebuilding Commission
No full textGlobal conflict : the path to security
No full textFrench version available in IDRC Digital Library: Développement et sécurité : un même butSpanish version available in IDRC Digital Library: Vinculando el desarrollo a la investigación sobre segurida
Conflictos globales y el camino hacia la paz
No full textVersión en francés disponible en la Biblioteca Digital del IDRC: Développement et sécurité : un même butVersión en inglés disponible en la Biblioteca Digital del IDRC: Linking development and security researc
Escaping Path Dependency - A Proposed Multi-Tiered Approach for the UN’s Peacebuilding Commission
Full text linkThe Security-Politics-Development Nexus: The Lessons of State-Building in Sub-Saharan Africa
Full text linkEuropean Report on DevelopmentHow can development policy support weak, dysfunctional or fragile states? What constitutes state
fragility and what are the appropriate instruments for state-building? After reviewing two recent
quantitative indexes (The Index of State Weakness in the Developing World and The Ibrahim Index of
African Governance), this paper cautions against the current tendency to categorise a large number of
countries as weak, fragile or failing states. Drawing upon country case studies on Namibia, Somalia
and Guinea-Bissau, the paper argues that state-building is fundamentally a political process and
external “state-builders” need to develop greater understanding of the internal dynamics of individual
societies in order to provide appropriate support to address state fragility. Current strategies for statebuilding
are heavily weighted in favour of technical, institutional and formal arrangements. Moreover,
since 9/11, the international state-building agenda has increasingly focused on state weakness as a
challenge for international peace and security, rather than as an issue of national governance. As a
result, many preferred policy prescriptions risk weakening the very states that they hope to strengthen
Bridging the Chasm between Domestic and International Approaches to Peacebuilding: Conceptual and Institutional Tools
No full textThis paper focuses on the chasm between domestic and international understandings and approaches to peacebuilding and the mixed outcomes that characterize contemporary efforts to assist war-torn countries. It argues that post-Cold War peacebuilding relies on a wide array of international actors with diverse interests and mandates which are not necessarily aligned with local realities or needs. Building on the rich literature on the role of external actors in conflict zones, the paper examines the interface between domestic and international actors through the concept of hybridity. It then reviews two mechanisms that aim to level the playing field between war-affected countries and international actors: the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission and the New Deal for Engagement with Fragile States
Social policy : responding to people's needs
No full textFrench version available in IDRC Digital Library: Au-delà des guerresSpanish version available in IDRC Digital Library: Cambiando fusiles por arado
Politiques sociales près du peuple
No full textVersion anglaise disponible dans la Bibliothèque numérique du CRDI: Social reconstruction : trading rifles for ploughsharesVersion espagnole disponible dans la Bibliothèque numérique du CRDI: Cambiando fusiles por arado
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