The CSRF Research Repository aims to support greater contextual knowledge for policy makers,
programme managers, and implementers by providing a searchable repository of research, analysis, and
resources, and providing periodic updates on new research and analysis.
This review (2013) discusses recent political developments and causes of societal unrest, such as high inflation, economic inequality and austerity policies.
This article comments on the Failed State Index evaluation of South Sudan, arguing the report neglects how South Sudan’s failed state is largely a legacy of its history with Sudan.
This review responds mainly to the presidential decree on the restructuring of the national executive of July 2013, focusing primarily on the nature of the decision, the meaning of the reduced size of the government, and the political implications of the second decree.
This collection of the Humanitarian Policy Group from 2013 focuses on the humanitarian situation in South Sudan, exploring food security, conflict resolution, state-building.
This review (2013) takes a look at three (recent) dynamics important to South Sudan’s process of nation-building: the on-going review of the transitional constitution, national reconciliation effort spearheaded by the Vice President Riek Machar, and the relations with the Republic of Sudan.
The subject of youth and their role in violent conflict continues to shape African social science research; hence the need to initiate sustainable preventive measures as youth violence permeates every policy discussion in conflict and post-conflict contexts. The research has focused primarily on the role of youth either as perpetrators or as victims of violence. Several projects have linked increased youth engagement in violence to growing levels of illiteracy, rising unemployment and poverty. These neo-classical…
This article is a critical examination of four often-cited explanations for local violence in Jonglei, South Sudan. Download
The Child Marriage data from 2010 shows that 52% of girls in South Sudan are married before their 18th birthday and 9% are married before the age of 15. 57% of the South Sudanese population are under the age of 18. Pre-conflict child marriage rates do not vary significantly among girls of different education levels, wealth indexes or rural or urban locality. Current rates could be higher due to ongoing conflict, displacement, and food shortages….
Draft transcript of presentation by John Ryle held in Neuchatel, Switzerland, April 14-16, 2005.
