Input Papers

Input papers were commissioned to inform the thinking for the WDR. Authors were asked to respond to a specific set of questions and terms of reference based on the WDR’s overall themes and storyline. These inputs should be read as “working papers” rather than formal peer-reviewed journal articles. Broadly, the works can be divided into: thematic papers, clustered by issue; and case studies and case notes that focus on country or regional experiences with issues of violent conflict and fragility.

WDR 2011 Case Studies and Case Notes

Thematic Paper Clusters

Overarching WDR Concept Papers

Fragile States: Stuck in a Capability Trap?
Governance and Civil War Onset

Institutions and State Building Papers

Service Delivery in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
Managing Public Finance and Procurement in Fragile and Conflicted Settings
Representational Models and Democratic Transitions in Fragile and Post-Conflict States
CDD in Post-Conflict and Conflict-Affected Areas
Anti-Corruption Strategies in Fragile Situations

Data and Conflict Trends Papers

Conflict Relapse and the Sustainability of Post-Conflict Peace
Financing Peace: International and National Resources for Postconflict Countries and Fragile States
Post-Conflict Recovery and Peacebuilding
Demographic and Health Consequences of Civil Conflict
Consequences of Civil Conflict
Experiments and the Study of Conflict

Security and Justice Papers

Interpersonal Violence Prevention
Criminal Justice
Transitional Justice, Security, and Development
Improving Security in Violent Conflict Settings
Public Security, Criminal Justice, and Reforming the Security Sector
Justice
Security and Justice Overview

Private Sector and Economic Growth Papers

Using Regional Institutions to Improve the Quality of Public Services
Unemployment and Participation in Violence
The Role of the Private Sector in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

External Stresses

Resource Scarcity, Climate Change and the Risk of Violent Conflict
Food Insecurity and Conflict: Applying the WDR Framework
Food Security and Conflict

Natural Resource Papers

Rethinking Resource Conflict
Forests and Conflict

Other Papers and Background Notes

The Impacts of Refugees on Neighboring Countries
Horizontal Inequalities as a Cause of Conflict
The Development Challenge of Finding Durable Solutions for Refugees and Internally Displaced People
Homicide Data
WDR Gender Background paper
Capitol Flight and Violent Conflict

Case Studies and Case Notes

Conflict in Melanesia: Themes and Lessons
Timor-Leste's Recovery from the 2006 Crisis: Some Lessons
Rwanda’s Exit Pathway from Violence: A Strategic Assessment
Democratic Republic of Congo
Drug Trafficking and Violence in Central America and Beyond
Lessons from the Marshall Plan
Germany’s Post-1945 and Post-1989 Education Systems
State-Building, Economic Development, and Democracy: The Japanese Experience
EU Accession: Norms and Incentives
Liberia: Holding on to Monrovia
Somalia and the Horn of Africa
Nepal
Some Notes on Conflict and Decentralisation in India
Mali and its Sahelian Neighbors
Engaging With Countries in Situations of Political Impasse
Sub-National Violence in Middle and Higher Income Countries

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