Aid and Security
Papers and case studies that investigate the relationship between aid policy and security in the developing world.
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Aiding or Abetting? Dilemmas of foreign aid and political instability in the Melanesian Pacific (PDF - 196 kb) » Oli Brown, 2005 Despite years of aid, Melanesia is falling behind its neighbours and has been recently dubbed "an arc of instability." This paper highlights the outcomes of the distribution of aid, itself a politicised phenomenon, in situations of fragile political security.
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Policy Submission on Aid Policy for the UN International Meeting on Small Island Developing States - January 2005 (PDF - 55 kb)
This submission to the January 2005 UN meeting on Small Island Developing States, by IISD Project manager Oli Brown, makes the case for more effective, conflict-sensitive aid policy in small island developing states, and offers policy options for how this might be achieved.
Key Publication
From Conflict to Peacebuilding: the role of natural resources and the environment
» Richard Matthew, Oli Brown, David Jensen, UNEP, 2009This major report, co-authored by IISD and UNEP, discusses the key linkages between environment, conflict and peacebuilding, and provides recommendations on how these can be addressed more effectively by the international community. More...
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