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Title

Identifying and mitigating risks in security sector assistance for Africa's fragile states / Stephen Watts.

Author

Watts, Stephen (Stephen Baldwin)

Publication

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2015]
• ©2015

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• Rand Corporation, issuing body. isb
• Arroyo Center, researcher. res
• United States. Army, sponsoring body. spn

Description

xx, 59 pages : color map; 23 cm

Summary

This report explores the nature of the risks inherent in U.S. security sector assistance to the fragile states of Africa and how the United States might better anticipate and mitigate these risks. It examines these issues through a review of qualitative and quantitative literature from both the academic and policy fields and through interviews conducted throughout the agencies of the U.S. government. The quantitative literature suggests a stark dilemma for those responsible for U.S. security sector assistance to the AFRICOM area of responsibility: The countries that are most in need of assistance are usually the ones least able to make positive use of it. Case studies of security sector assistance in the fragile countries in Africa are used to trace multiple specific pathways by which such assistance can have negative second- and third-order effects. Finally, the report provides numerous recommendations about ways in which the United States can improve the processes by which it monitors and evaluates, plans, and implements security sector assistance in the fragile states of Africa and more generally.

Uniform Title

Research report (Rand Corporation)

Alternative Title

Identifying and mitigating risks in SSA for Africa's fragile states

Subject

• Military assistance, American > Risk assessment > Africa
• Security sector > Africa
• Political stability > Africa
• Conflict management > Africa

Note

• "Series: Research Reports."--Publisher's web page.
• "RR-808-A"--Cover page 4.
• "Arroyo Center."
• "Prepared for the United States Army."
• "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-59).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also issued online.

Contents

The problem of security sector assistance in Africa -- Risks of SSA in the fragile states of Africa -- Improving U.S. security sector assistance processes to mitigate risk -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JFD 15-2984

ISBN

• 9780833087980
• 0833087983

OCLC

905879978

Author

Watts, Stephen (Stephen Baldwin), author. Author

Title

Identifying and mitigating risks in security sector assistance for Africa's fragile states / Stephen Watts.

Publisher

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2015]

Copyright Date

©2015

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Research report (Rand Corporation)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-59).

Additional Formats

Also issued online.

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Rand Corporation, issuing body. Issuing body

Arroyo Center, researcher. Researcher

United States. Army, sponsoring body. Sponsor

Running Title

Identifying and mitigating risks in SSA for Africa's fragile states

Research Call Number

JFD 15-2984