CRISE Policy Work

The overall aim of the CRISE project is to identify policies that will promote ethnic peace and help prevent the emergence of politically, socially and economically destructive conflicts.

The initial phase of CRISE's policy work was a series of Policy Context Papers, which assessed the broad policy arena in each of our case study countries in order to identify the most efficacious routes for policy implementation.

The second phase has seen CRISE and CRISE members of staff engaged in policy work with a range of agencies and donors. Links to some of these reports are below. In addition, many of the papers in the Working Paper series have a policy focus, and these papers are listed below. These are also available on the publications page, which lists all CRISE Working Papers.

CRISE has also produced a number of shorter briefing papers. These include a series of Policy Briefings which provide a concise review of the implications of CRISE findings for a range of policy issues. In addition, research summaries on different themes are available in short (In Brief) and longer (Overview) versions below.

CRISE In Brief

Horizontal inequalities as a Cause of Conflict: a Review of CRISE Findings	IN BRIEF 1
Four Imperatives for Sustainable Post-war Reconstruction in Sri Lanka	IN BRIEF 2
Monitoring and Measuring Horizontal Inequalities	IN BRIEF 3
Group Inequalities and Political Violence: Policy Challenges and Priorities in Bolivia, Guatemala and Peru Desigualdades Grupales y Violencia Política: Retos de Política y Prioridades en Bolivia, Guatemala y Perú	IN BRIEF 4 IN BRIEF 4 (SP)
An Operational Definition of 'Fragile States'	IN BRIEF 5
Management of Horizontal Inequalities in Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria: Issues and Policies	IN BRIEF 6
Processes of Violent Mobilisation	IN BRIEF 7
Combating Horizontal Inequalities Through Affirmative Action	IN BRIEF 8
Have Post-Conflict Development Policies Addressed Horizontal Inequalities?	IN BRIEF 9

CRISE Overview

Horizontal inequalities as a Cause of Conflict: a Review of CRISE Findings	OVERVIEW 1
Group Inequalities and Political Violence: Policy Challenges and Priorities in Bolivia, Guatemala and Peru	OVERVIEW 2
Fragile States	OVERVIEW 3
Monitoring and Measuring Horizontal Inequalities	OVERVIEW 4
Processes of Violent Political Mobilisation: an Overview of Contemporary Debates and CRISE Findings	OVERVIEW 5

CRISE Policy Briefings

Policy Briefing 1:

Using Aid to Prevent Conflict

April 2007

Policy Briefing 2:

Inequality and Fiscal Policy

March 2009

Policy Briefing 3:

Federalism, Decentralisation and Horizontal Inequalities

February 2010

CRISE Policy Papers

Department of International Development (UK):	Social Exclusion and Conflict : Analysis and policy implications	Frances Stewart, with Manuel Barrón, Graham Brown, and Marcia Hartwell
United Nations Development Programme (New York):	Horizontal Inequalities, Ethnic Separatism, and Violent Conflict: The case of Aceh, Indonesia	Graham Brown
United Nations Development Programme (New York):	Horizontal Inequality and Violent Conflict: Côte d'Ivoire country paper	Arnim Langer
United Nations Development Programme (Indonesia):	Overcoming Violent Conflict: Peace and Development Analysis in Maluku and North Maluku	Graham Brown
United Nations Development Programme (Indonesia):	Overcoming Violent Conflict: Peace and Development Analysis in Central Sulawesi	Graham Brown