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Etzold, B., & Müller-Koné, M. (2023). Boundary-Making in a Contested Space. Food Security and Conflict Dynamics in Marsabit, Kenya Bonn: BICC.

This study reports on the results of a pilot study on food security and conflict dynamics in northern Kenya conducted by BICC in collaboration with Caritas Germany and its Kenyan partners Caritas Marsabit and PACIDA in 2022. The objectives were to identify the interrelationships between food... more

Schetter, C., Mkutu, K., & Müller-Koné, M. (2022). Frontier NGOs: Conservancies, control, and violence in northern Kenya. World Development, 151 (March), 1-12.

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Kalvelage, L., Bollig, M., Grawert, E., Hulke, C., Meyer, R., Mkutu, K., Müller-Koné, M., & Diez, J. (2021). Territorialising Conservation: Community-based Approaches in Kenya and Namibia. Conservation & Society, 19(4), 282-294.

Community-based Conservation seeks to strike a balance between nature conservation and economic growth by establishing spatial and institutional settings that maintain and even regain biodiversity while simultaneously allowing for sustainable land use. The implementation of community-based... more

Mkutu, K., Müller-Koné, M., & Owino, E. (2021). Future visions, present conflicts: the ethnicized politics of anticipation surrounding an infrastructure corridor in northern Kenya. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 15(4), 707-727.

This work analyses the politics of anticipation and ensuing fears, tensions and conflicts in relation to Kenya’s Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor which is to pass through several previously marginalized counties in the north of the country. Isiolo county, in the centre... more

Schetter, C., & Müller-Koné, M. (2021). Frontiers’ violence: The interplay of state of exception, frontier habitus, and organized violence. Political Geography, 87(May), 102370.

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Schetter, C., & Müller-Koné, M. (2021). Frontier - ein Gegenbegriff zur Grenze?. In D. Gerst, M. Klessmann, & H. Krämer (Eds.), Grenzforschung. Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium (Border Studies. Cultures, Spaces, Orders 3) (pp. 240-253). Baden-Baden: Nomos.

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Müller-Koné, M., Grawert, E., & Schetter, C. (2020). Zwischen Naturschutz und Gewaltkonflikten: Conservancies in Nordkenia. Geographische Rundschau, 72(5), 16-21.

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Müller-Koné, M., Schmitz-Pranghe, C., & Schetter, C. (2017, May). Flucht und Binnenvertreibung in Asien: Ansatzpunkte für und Grenzen der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (BICC Working Paper series No. 2/2017). Bonn: BICC.

Asia and the Pacific region are particularly affected by displacement: 3.8 million people are under the mandate of the UNHCR and millions of these are internally displaced people (IDPs). The causes of displacement in Asia are multiple and go well beyond what is covered by the... more

Müller-Koné, M. (2015). Débrouillardise: certifying ‘conflict-free’ minerals in a context of regulatory pluralism in South Kivu, DR Congo. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 53(2), 145-168.

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Bernarding, N., Guesnet, L., & Müller-Koné, M. (2015, May). No rebel without a cause. Shifting the debate about conflict minerals in eastern DRC (BICC Working Paper series No. 2/2015). Bonn: BICC.

Precluding conflict financing through the minerals sector has come to be seen as the panacea to ending conflicts in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The US Dodd-Frank-Act (2010) and European draft legislation attempt to reduce the financing of armed groups in conflict zones by... more

Müller-Koné, M., & Guesnet, L. (2015, April). How to enforce due diligence? Making EU-legislation on ‘Conflict Minerals’ effective (BICC Policy Brief series No. 2/2015). Bonn: BICC.

In the weeks and months ahead, the European parliament has a decisive role in reaching meaningful European legislation on the responsible sourcing of minerals from conflict regions. In mid- May 2015, it is due to vote on an EU regulation drafted by the European Commission. In BICC Policy Brief... more

Müller-Koné, M., & Croll, P. (2015). Forging war or peace? The role of the state in extractive economies of Sub-Saharan Africa. In S. Hartard, & W. Liebert (Eds.), Competition and conflicts on resource use (pp. 39-57). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

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Guesnet, L., Müller-Koné, M., & Zeil, M. (Eds.). (2014). Compensation matters. Securing community interests in large-scale investments. Berlin/Bonn: Brot für die Welt/BICC.

The study “Compensation Matters Securing community interests in large-scale investments” provides analyses of contentious issues in compensation matters such as power relations in negotiations, entitlements for compensation and types of compensation. Furthermore, it offers practitioners tools and... more

Doevenspeck, M., Guesnet, L., & Müller-Koné, M. (2013). Ostkongo: der ewige Krieg?. In M. von Boemcken, I. Werkner, M. Johannsen, & B. Schoch (Eds.), Friedensgutachten 2013 (pp. 278–291). Berlin: LIT.

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Ebertz, U., & Müller-Koné, M. (2013, June). Legacy of a resource-fueled war: The role of generals in Angola’s mining sector (BICC Focus series No. 12). Bonn: BICC.

After a sketch of the current need for reform in the Kimberley Process for rough diamonds, BICC Focus 12 “Legacy of a resource-fueled war: The role of generals in Angola’s mining sector” scrutinizes the role that generals of the Angolan state armed forces FAA play in Angola’s mining... more

Müller-Koné, M., & Hütz-Adams, F. (Eds.). (2012, September). Auf der Suche nach dem sauberen Gold: Kleinbergbau von Gold in Peru und DR Kongo (Brief series No. 46). Bonn: BICC.

Researchers from SÜDWIND and BICC traveled to gold mines in the DR Congo and Peru in the framework of a joint project to find out which measures can help small-scale and artisanal miners to secure their livelihood in regions of conflict and to improve social and ecological mining... more

Hütz-Adams, F., & Müller-Koné, M. (Eds.). (2012). Kleinbergbau von Gold in der DR Kongo und Peru (Tagungsdokumentation).

Documentation of an expert meeting on artisanal miners, Bonn (29 February 2012). more

Müller-Koné, M. (2011). Turning the curse into a blessing. A convenient illusion. Lessons from the Nigerian EITI process. In P. Runge, & J. Shikwati (Eds.), Geological Resources and Good Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa (pp. 69-89). London: Taylor and Francis Group.

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Müller-Koné, M. (2010, June). Revenue transparency to mitigate the resource curse in the Niger Delta? Potential and reality of NEITI (Paper). Bonn: BICC.

The paper begins with a discussion of the possible negative consequences of oil exploitation in developing countries, often referred to as resource curse, introducing the analytical framework of the ‘petro-state’ (Section 1). In order to assess the relevance of revenue transparency for addressing... more

Guesnet, L., Müller-Koné, M., & Schure, J. (2009, November). Natural resources in Côte d’Ivoire: Fostering crisis or peace? The cocoa, diamond, gold and oil sectors (Brief series No. 40). Bonn: BICC.

The trade and exploitation of natural resources such as cocoa, gold, petroleum and diamonds contributed to the conflict in Côte d’Ivoire and still obstruct the peace process in the country. This is one of the conclusions of BICC brief 40, entitled: “Natural Resources in Côte d’Ivoire: Fostering... more

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