Towards a Comprehensive Framework for the Management of Armed Actors & Groups — An Experts Consultation

Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) traditionally addressed armed fighters following war. Today armed actors may be associated with violent extremism and terrorism with foreign terrorist fighters running the risk of becoming Stateless - peace agreements are no longer DDR preconditions. In this light, Creative Associates International and the Stimson Center convened experts to discuss DDR and contemporary conflict. This report is the outcome of that consultation....
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Teacher Motivation And Change In Yemen: YEGRA

This report outlines some of the innovations and practices in the professional development of grades 1-3 teachers in the USAID’s Community Livelihoods Program support to Yemen’s Ministry of Education for improved early grade reading....
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Pakistan: An “Unfinished Project

The fourth paper in the five-part “Fragility and Resilience” series by Pauline Baker, this paper examines critical developments in a country widely regarded as one of the world’s most fragile states. Baker dissects some of the conditions and circumstances that will determine which direction Pakistan will take when confronting challenges from jihadists groups to economic barriers....
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Getting away with murder

Violence occurs in 1 in 5 elections globally—in rare instances, rising to the level of a crime against humanity. In this paper, electoral violence expert Jeff Fischer examines three cases of crimes against humanity in an electoral context—Cote D’Ivoire in 2010, Kenya in 2007 and East Timor in 1999. Fischer analyzes the institutions and processes associated with bringing justice and possibilities for prevention....
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