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The Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) Project

Project summary

The Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment is a three-year project (2005-08) administered by the Small Arms Survey, an independent research project of the Graduate Institute of International Studies. It has been developed in cooperation with the Canadian government, UNMIS, UNDP, and NGO partners. The Assessment offers policy-relevant information based on carrying out the following five objectives:

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

It will also offer information and analysis to influence the design, implementation, as well as monitoring and evaluation, of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR), including incentive schemes for civilian arms collection and reduction.

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Project donors

The HSBA is supported by the Global Peace and Security Fund at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, the UK Government Global Conflict Prevention Pool, the Danish International Development Agency (Danida), and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.