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About CRU

The Conflict Research Unit (CRU) conducts research on the nexus between security and development with a special focus on integrated/ comprehensive approaches on conflict prevention, stabilisation and reconstruction in fragile and post-conflict states. Specialising in conducting applied, policy-oriented research, linking academic research with policy analyses, the CRU translates theoretical insights into practical tools and policy recommendations for decision makers in national and multilateral governmental and non-governmental organisations. CRU is an integral part of the Clingendael Security and Conflict Programme (CSCP). Read more »

‘How to involve the private sector in peacebuilding processes’

December 20, 2009. This policy brief is based on research projects carried out and/or coordinated by the Clingendael Conflict Research Unit in the course of 2009. It presents a number of policy considerations on how to better involve private sector actors in peacebuilding efforts in fragile and conflict affected environments. Read more »

Report Launch: Economic Provisions in Peace Agreements

December 20, 2009. On 14 December 2009 CRU published the report Economic Provisions in Peace Agreements, by Hugo de Vries with Paul Lange and Leontine Specker. This paper constitutes a follow-up study to the CRU publication Governance Components in Peace Agreements: fundamental elements of state- and peacebuilding? and focuses specifically on the role of economic components of peace agreements. Read more »

Early Economic Recovery in Fragile States: Priority Areas and Operational Challenges

December 14, 2009. On 14 December 2009, CRU published the report Early Economic Recovery in Fragile States: Priority Areas and Operational Challenges, by Hugo de Vries and Leontine Specker. This report is part of a larger research project on early economic recovery which CRU works on with the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The programme’s objective is to support the MFA in identifying a number of economic priority areas as part of the broader Dutch policy on fragile states. Read more »

Recent publications
EN Early Recovery in Post-conflict countries: A Conceptual Study (Summary), Rolf Maier, CRU Occasional Paper, January 2010 - Download PDF (495 Kb)
ES Las guerras y conflictos en 2010, Ivan Briscoe , in: El Espectador, 5 January 2010
EN Early Economic Recovery in Fragile States Case study Burundi: operational challenges (Summary), Leontine Specker and Ivan Briscoe, with Jean Marie Gasana, CRU Occasional Paper, January 2010 - Download PDF (292 Kb)
EN How to involve the private sector in peacebuilding processes (Summary), Leontine Specker, CRU Policy Brief 11, December 2009 - Download PDF (106 Kb)
EN Economic Provisions in Peace Agreements (Summary), Hugo de Vries, with Paul Lange and Leontine Specker, CRU Occasional Paper, 14 December 2009 - Download PDF (103 Kb)
EN Early economic recovery in fragile states: Priority areas and operational challenges (Summary), Hugo de Vries and Leontine Specker, CRU Occasional Paper, November 2009 - Download PDF (723 Kb)
ES El mapa de criminalidad y violencia, Ivan Briscoe, in: Informe Guatemala, 12 November 2009

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Media
ES A cambiar de amigos, Ivan Briscoe, in: El Espectador, 10 November 2009

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