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Analysis of and recommendations for covering security relevant expenditures within and outside of official development assistance (ODA)

by Michael Brzoska

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Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary
2. The Problem
3. Official Development Assistance (ODA)

   3.1. Historical background
   3.2. Categories of the DAC reporting system and the philosophy behind it
   3.2.1 Common elements of the various reporting categories
   3.2.2 ODA reporting category
   3.2.3 Reporting category for peacebuilding
   3.2.4 Other reporting categories
   3.2.5 Appraisal
   3.3 Criteria for and limits to expanding the ODA definition
   3.3.1 Adequacy of definition
   3.3.2 ODA as inter-institutional factor in donor countries
   3.3.3 Integrity of the time series
   3.3.4 International political pledges
   3.3.5 ODA as instrument for lobbying
   3.3.6 Public perception of ODA figures
   3.3.7 Appraisal

4. Security and Development-fields of action

   4.1 Civil conflict prevention and management, peace consolidation
   4.2 Peacebuilding, peace support and peacekeeping operations
   4.3 Consolidation of weak, fragile, failing and failed states
   4.4 Security sector refom
   4.5 The fight against terrorism
   4.6 Appraisal
   5. Concluding Appraisal

5. Appendix
6. References