This article is a critical examination of four often-cited explanations for local violence in Jonglei, South Sudan. Download
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CSRF Research Repository
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.
Report from four seminars on challenges and opportunities for peacebuilding in Sudan, held in March and April 2012 in Uppsala and Stockholm, Sweden. Each of the seminars focused on a special theme, namely: environmental factors, border issues, civil society, peace building. Download
This collection of essays – of the Rift Valley Institute Sudan and South Sudan Course – provides a critical guide to current knowledge on key aspects of South Sudan and Sudan, written from a range of disciplinary points of view.
This report from 2012 analyses how local, national and international dynamics around independence in July 2011 and the end of the six-and-a-half-year formal Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) process with Sudan have impacted on peace and conflict in 2011–2012 and how they are likely to influence peace and development over the next decade. Download
Critical examination of fortified aid compounds, such as in Juba. Download
This research from 2012 investigates the relationship between proliferation of illicit SALW and fragile situations in South Sudan, and their impacts on development and livelihoods. Download
This report brings together available information from the National Baseline Household Survey 2009. The survey covered a broad range of subjects including population and household characteristics, education, housing conditions, economic livelihoods, consumption. Download
This report reviews the evolution of Chinese policy on South Sudan and recent expansion of relations between the two, explores their mutual interest in economic cooperation and reviews the role of oil as a centrepiece in relations with China, as well as a source of conflict. Download
Based on fieldwork in South Sudan, the briefing describes the evolving roles of women in South Sudan’s conflicts since the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed. Download
This Issue Brief reviews arms flows and holdings among both state and non-state armed forces as of early 2012 thereby situating recent developments against historical trends and patterns of supply. Download
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