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Converting Defense Resources to Human Development
Proceedings of an International Conference, 9-11 November 1997

Kiflemariam Gebrewold, editor

Contents

Zusammenfassung
Summary in German

Introduction

Session 1:
Resettlement and Reintegration of Demobilized Military Personnel

  • Kees Kingma
    Demobilization and Reintegration:
    An Overwiew
  • Nicole Ball
    The International Development Community's
    Response to Demobilization
  • Alejandro Bendana
    Converting the Skills of Ex-combatants:
    Training for Reintegration in Nicaragua
  • Benjamin Kazoora
    The Ugandan Reintegration Experience
  • References

Session 2:
Practical Disarmament: The Management and Reduction of Surplus Weapons in Developing Countries

  • Edward J. Laurance
    Small Arms and Light Weapons
    as a Development and Disarmament Issue:
    An Overview
  • David Gutierrez
    Getting the Guns Back:
    El Salvador as a Case Study
  • Prak Sary
    Mine Clearance Operations:
    The example of Cambodia
  • References

Session 3:
Accountability, Transparency, and Allocation Processes
of Defense Expenditures

  • Paul George
    Defense Expenditures in the 1990s:
    Budget and Fiscal Policy Issues for Developing Countries:
    An Overview
  • Jörn Brömmelhörster
    Peace Dividends Resulting
    from Defense Budget Cuts
  • Thomas Scheetz
    Transparency, Accountability and Rational
    Decision-making in Defense Expenditures:
    The Case of Argentina
  • Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha
    Defense Procurement Decisions:
    A Case Study of Pakistan
  • Rocky Williams
    Reallocating Defense Expenditures for Development:
    The South African Experience
  • References

Outlook

Conference agenda

List of participants