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Identifying and mitigating risks in security sector assistance for Africa's fragile states

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
Subjects
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
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