Focus Projects

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. Through the active generation and dissemination of timely empirical research, the project supports violence reduction initiatives.
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The Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development is a diplomatic initiative aimed at addressing the interrelations between armed violence and development. The Geneva Declaration strives to achieve measurable reductions in the global burden of armed violence and improvements in human security by 2015. The Small Arms Survey hosts the Secretariat of the Declaration.
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The Regional Approach to Stockpile Reduction (RASR) Initiative is a long-term, coordinated, regional approach to address the threats posed by excess, unstable, loosely secured or otherwise at-risk stockpiles of conventional weapons and munitions.
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The India Armed Violence Assessment (IAVA) is developing a comprehensive evidence base on the contours of violence and fatalities in the country. It intends to initiate a dialogue that widens the understanding of armed violence, to bring together leading experts and social science research communities to review the many causes and consequences of insecurity, and to build networks of policy-makers and practitioners to thicken the evidence base. 
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In collaboration with the Liberian Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), and Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), the Small Arms Survey administered a national household survey in 2010 to assess issues of crime and violence in post-conflict Liberia.The Liberia Armed Violence Assessment will present the results of this survey in a series of Issue Briefs.

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Based in Kathmandu and Geneva, the Nepal Armed Violence Assessment (NAVA) will provide a clearinghouse for existing and new original research on the dynamics of armed violence and effective approaches to prevention and reduction.
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The Timor-Leste Armed Violence Assessment (TLAVA) is supported by the Timorese government together with ActionAid, the Small Arms Survey, and a network of partners. The project seeks to identify concrete entry points to reduce real and perceived armed violence. Undertaken between 2008 and 2009, the TLAVA has established a repository of international and domestic data on violence trends. Findings are released in Tetum, Bahasa, Portuguese and English.
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