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Source: Bonn International Center for ConversionThe Resource Conflict Monitor (RCM) monitors how resource-rich countries manage, administer and govern their natural resources and serves as a tool for identifying and supporting viable resource governance. It is possible to access their database on the Resource Governance Index by selecting a single county or aggregate country groups. The website also has links to BICC Research and Concept Papers, such as one entitled “In Control of Natural Wealth? Governing the Resource-Conflict Dynamic,” and data sources with a wide range of country-specific data.
Source: Water Research NetworkThe Water Research Network is a multidisciplinary, global database of researchers and institutions dealing with freshwater issues. The website contains in depth literature on many easily searchable topics including on “water ethics” and “water management and control.”
Source: Environment, Conflict and CooperationThis website is a clearing house and platform that aims to foster sustainable peace by creating networks among stakeholders from development, environment, foreign and security communities worldwide. The website contains publications on policy areas including “conflict management” and “early warning and risk analyzes. There are also links to relevant news, events, and a monthly newsletter.
Policy Analysis and Practitioner Documents (View All 8 Matches)
Source: Macartan Humphreys in Journal of Conflict Resolution This article refines the categories of relational mechanisms that might link natural resources to violent conflict onset and prolongation described in the foregoing essay. He then proceeds to explain various econometric methodologies for distinguishing between these causal mechanisms, performs some preliminary analysis, and draws policy implications.
Source: Philippe Le BillonThis paper seeks to explore the links between resource-dependence, natural resource access and control, and the outbreak of war. The main issues discussed include: the political economy of resource-dependence; conflicts over resource-exploitation; the lootability of resources; preventing and ending “resource-fuelled wars,” and regulating “conflict resources.” Philippe Le Billion argues that the vulnerability of populations and the need for political and economic accountability in resource management requires comprehensive measures at local and international levels to reduce the prevalence of conflicts in resource-dependent countries. The author concludes that a global regime of governance for resources is required.
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC)This issues brief aims to provide an understanding of the relationship between water and violent conflict, outline lessons learned, and recommend programs to prevent and mitigate water-related conflicts. The main issues covered include: access to water and water allocation; sustainable development; stakeholder dialogue; and water management institutions and legal frameworks. The authors argue that water-related tensions can emerge between and within states on four interdependent levels: local, national, international, and global. The paper concludes with a call for greater cooperation among international actors to increase broad participation in dialogue processes, sharing of data and information, strengthening of institutions, promotion of regional initiatives, and support for conflict impact assessments related to improving resource governance and management.
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