Impact on Development

Darkening Horizons: Global Violent Deaths Scenarios, 2018–30, by Gergely Hideg and Anna Alvazzi del Frate. Briefing Paper, May 2019.

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Global Violent Deaths 2017: Time to Decide, by Claire Mc Evoy and Gergely Hideg. Small Arms Survey Report, December 2017.

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Beyond the Battlefield: Towards a Better Assessment of the Human Cost of Armed Conflict, by Erik Alda and Claire Mc Evoy. Briefing Paper, September 2017.

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Measuring Illicit Arms Flows: Ukraine, by Anton Martyniuk. Briefing Paper, April 2017 (also available in Ukrainian). 

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Tracking Conflict-related Deaths: A Preliminary Overview of Monitoring Systems, by Irene Pavesi. Briefing Paper, March 2017.

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Measuring Illicit Arms Flows: Niger, by Savannah de Tessières. Briefing Paper, March 2017 (also available in Arabic and French).

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A Gendered Analysis of Violent Deaths, November 2016. Research Note No. 63.

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Measuring Illicit Arms Flows: Honduras, November 2016. Research Note No. 62 (also available in Spanish).

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Firearms and Violent Deaths, October 2016. Research Note No. 60.

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A New Development Agenda: Bridging the Development–Security Divide, June 2016. Research Note No. 58.

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Measuring Illicit Arms Flows: SDG Target 16.4, May 2016. Research Note No. 57.

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Voicing Concern: Surveying People's Priorities in Violent Settings, December 2015. Issue Brief No. 15. 

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Violent Deaths due to Legal Interventions, July 2015. Research Note No. 53, Armed Violence.

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Global Burden of Armed Violence 2015: Every Body Counts, by the Geneva Declaration Secretariat. Published by Cambridge University Press. May 2015.

Every Body Counts: Measuring Violent Deaths, March 2015. Research Note No. 49, Armed Violence.

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Geospatial Technologies and Crime: The Jamaican Experience, October 2013. Armed Violence Issue Brief No. 3.

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Trend Lines: Armed Violence in South Africa, by Natalie Jaynes, 2013. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers.

Survival at Stake: Violent Land Conflict in Africa, by Jennifer M. Hazen, 2013. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers.

In Search of Lasting Security: An Assessment of Armed Violence in Nepal, by Mihaela Racovita, Ryan Murray, and Sudhindra Sharma, a joint publication of the  Interdisciplinary Analysts, and the Small  Arms Survey's Nepal Armed Violence Assessment project, supported by Australian Aid, AusAID. May 2013. Special Report No. 20. (This report is also available in Nepali)

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At War's End: Armed Violence in Nepal, May 2013. Research Note No. 29, Armed Violence (also available in Nepali).

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Political Conflict and Vulnerabilities: Firearms and Electoral Violence in Kenya, December 2012. Armed Violence Issue Brief No. 2.

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My Neighbour, My Enemy: Inter-tribal Violence in Jonglei, October 2012. HSBA Issue Brief Number 21 (also available in Arabic)

Security Provision and Small Arms in Karamoja: A Survey of Perceptions, by Kees Kingma, Frank Muhereza, Ryan Murray, Matthias Nowak, and Lilu Thapa, a joint publication of the Danish Demining Group and the Small Arms Survey. September 2012. Special Report No. 17

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Reducing Armed Violence, Enabling Development, July 2012. Research Note No. 19, Armed Violence.

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Global Burden of Armed Violence 2011: Lethal Encounters, by the Geneva Declaration Secretariat. Published by Cambridge University Press. October 2011.

Contributing Evidence to Programming: Armed Violence Monitoring Systems, by Elisabeth Gilgen and Lauren Tracey, published by the Geneva Declaration Secretariat, September 2011. 

Ethos of Exploitation: Insecurity and Predation in Madagascar, by Oliver Jütersonke and Moncef Kartas, 2011. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2011: States of Security.

Tackling Violence against Women: From Knowledge to Practical Initiatives, by Jennifer Milliken with Elisabeth Gilgen and Jasna Lazaravic, published by the Geneva Declaration Secretariat, June 2011. 

Urban Violence in an Urban Village: A Case Study of Dili, Timor-Leste, edited by Robert Muggah, October 2010

Gang Violence Worldwide: Context, Culture, and Country, by Scott H.Decker and David C. Pyrooz, 2010. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2010: Gangs, Groups, and Guns.

Symptoms and Causes: Insecurity and Underdevelopment in Eastern Equatoria, April 2010. HSBA Issue Brief No. 16 (also available in Arabic)

Community Safety and Small Arms in Somaliland, a joint publication of the Danish Demining Group and the Small Arms Survey, 2010.

Large and Small: Impacts of Armed Violence on Children and Youth, by Jonah Leff and Helen Moestue, 2009. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2009: Shadows of War.   

Securing the Peace: Post-Conflict Security Promotion, by Robert Muggah, 2009. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2009: Shadows of War.

Global Burden of Armed Violence 2008, by the Geneva Declaration Secretariat, September 2008.

Armed Violence Prevention and Reduction: A Challenge for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals, by Keith Krause and Robert Muggah, June 2008

Targeting Armed Violence: Public Health Interventions, by Jennifer Hazen and Chris Stevenson, 2008. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2008: Risk and Resilience.

Florquin, Nicolas, and Stéphanie Pézard. 2007. Armed Violence in Burundi: Conflict and Post-Conflict Bujumbura. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City.

Mapping the Divide: Firearm Violence and Urbanization In Brazil, by Rubem César Fernandes and Marcelo de Sousa Nascimento, 2007. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City.

Fernandes, Rubem César, and Marcelo de Sousa Nascimento. 2007. Mapping the Divide: Firearm Violence and Urbanization In Brazil. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City. 

Avoiding Disarmament Failure: The Critical Link in DDR—An Operational Manual for Donors, Managers, and Practitioners, by Peter Swarbrick, February 2007. Working Paper No. 5

The Instrument Matters: Assessing the Costs of Small Arms Violence, by Nicolas Florquin, 2006. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business.

Silencing Guns: Local Perspectives on Small Arms and Armed Violence in Rural South Pacific Islands Communities, edited by Emile LeBrun and Robert Muggah, June 2005. Occasional Paper No. 15

No Relief: Surveying the Effects of Gun Violence on Humanitarian Aid and Development Personnel, by Cate Buchanan and Robert Muggah, co-published with the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, June 2005. (Summary report also available).

Armed and Aimless: Armed Groups, Guns, and Human Security in the ECOWAS Region, edited by Nicolas Florquin and Eric G. Berman, May 2005 (also available in French).

Whose Security Counts? Participatory Research on Armed Violence and Human Insecurity in Southeast Asia, by Chutimas Suksai, Raymund Narag, Daraaceh, and Keng Menglang, co-published with Nonviolence International, September 2003.

In the Line of Fire: Surveying the Perceptions of Humanitarian and Development Personnel of the Impacts of Small Arms and Light Weapons, by Ryan Beasley, Cate Buchanan and Robert Muggah, co-published with the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, July 2003 (Summary of findings also available).

Obstructing Development: The Effects of Small Arms on Human Development, by Robert Muggah, 2003. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2003: Development Denied.

Small Arms and Human Insecurity: Reviewing Participatory Research in South Asia, by Dipankar Banerjee and Robert Muggah, co-published with the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, July 2002

Caught in the Crossfire: The Humanitarian Impacts of Small Arms. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2002: Counting the Human Cost.

Small Arms Availability, Trade, and Impacts in the Republic of Congo, commissioned by IOM and the UNDP, by Spyros Demetriou, Robert Muggah and Ian Biddle, April 2002. Special Report No. 2

Development Held Hostage: Assessing the Effects of Small Arms on Human Development, by Robert Muggah and Peter Batchelor, co-published with UNDP, April 2002.

Humanitarianism under Threat: The Humanitarian Impact of Small Arms and Light Weapons, by Robert Muggah and Eric Berman, commissioned by the Reference Group on Small Arms of the UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee, July 2001. Special Report No. 1 (summary in French also available)

After the Smoke Clears: Assessing the Effects of Small Arms Availability, by Robert Muggah, 2001. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2001: Profiling the Problem.

Globalisation and Insecurity: The Direct and Indirect Effects of Small Arms Availability, by Robert Muggah, in IDS Bulletin, Vol. 32, Nr. 2, 2001

UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 2011. The Hidden Crisis: Armed Conflict and Education. Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2011. Paris: UNESCO.

Kolbea, Athena, et al. 2010. Mortality, crime and access to basic needs before and after the Haiti earthquake: a random survey of Port-au-Prince households. Medicine, Conflict and Survival. Vol 26, Issue 4, pp 281—297.

Elhawary, Samir, Marta Foresti, and Sara Pantuliano, 2010. Development, Security and Transitions in Fragile States: Meeting Series report. London: Overseas Development Institute.

UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime). 2007. Crime and Development in Central America - Caught in the Crossfire. Vienna: UNODC.

Koyama, Shukoko. 2006. Disarmament, development and the Programme of Action: experience and challenges on the ground. Disarmament Forum: Taking Actions on Small Arms. No. 1. pp. 75-82. Geneva: UNIDIR (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research).

UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime). 2005. Crime and Development in Africa. June. Vienna: UNODC.

WHO (World Health Organization). 2005. Addressing Violence against Women and Achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Geneva: WHO.

Humphreys, Macartan and Ashutosh Varshney. 2004. Violent Conflict and the Millennium Development Goals: Diagnosis and Recommendations. Prepared for the Millennium Development Goals Poverty Task Force Workshop, Bangkok. June.

Jane Chanaa et al. 2004. Guns or Growth? Assessing the impact of arms sales on sustainable development. Control Arms: Amnesty International, IANSA, Oxfam. Published in association with Ploughshares & Saferworld.

Collier, Paul et al. 2003. Breaking the Conflict Trap: Civil War and Development Policy. A World Bank Policy Research Report. Washington and New York: The World Bank and Oxford University Press.