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The Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) Project

Since 2006 the Small Arms Survey's Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) project has produced more than three dozen in-depth reports on aspects of armed violence, small arms, and insecurity in Sudan. To make this body of information more accessible to readers, and to encourage feedback and the refinement of our data, we are now pleased to provide a new resource on our website.

Our new Facts and Figures section makes it easy to locate HSBA data and analysis on Armed Groups, Arms Flows and Arms Holdings, and the Darfur Peace Process. Each content area includes a brief introduction and access to specific tables, charts, and graphs from existing HSBA publications, as well as new content developed especially for the site. Each main section is divided into sub-categories e.g. under "Armed Groups" visitors can access information on Darfur, Southern Sudan, the Three Areas, and the East.

Project summary

The Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) is a multi-year research project administered by the Small Arms Survey, an independent research project of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. It has been developed in cooperation with the Canadian government, UNMIS, UNDP, and NGO partners. Through the active generation and dissemination of timely empirical research, the project supports violence reduction initiatives, including disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes, incentive schemes for civilian arms collections and security sector reform and arms control interventions across Sudan. The HSBA also offers policy-relevant guidance on redressing insecurity. The objectives of the project are the following:

• to investigate international, regional, and domestic transfers of arms;
• to assess domestic small arms stockpiles and inventories;
• to map and assess origins, motivations, and distribution of armed groups;
• to measure the scale and distribution of mortality, morbidity, and victimization; and
• to examine local security arrangements and demand for weapons.

The project publishes its findings regularly in two separate formats, Issue Briefs and Working Papers, as well as in occasional op-eds and practitioner articles. Publications are available in English, Arabic and French (in the case of research on the Central African Republic and Chad).

View publications HSBA Issue Briefs HSBA Working Papers Further reading

Contact the HSBA Project Manager and Team Members

Sudan-related links

Project donors

The HSBA receives direct financial support from the UK Government Global Conflict Prevention Pool and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It has received support in the past from the Danish International Development Agency (Danida) and the Global Peace and Security Fund at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada.