The Power of Parliamentary South-South Learning : Fighting Small Arms in the Great Lakes Region and Horn of Africa

Few other regions in the world have been hit so hard by so many wars and domestic conflicts as the countries in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa over the past fifteen years. Traders and brokers of small arms cool-headedly spotted the opportunities in these regions. Local demand was huge...

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Main Author: Balch, Jeff
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6087
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spelling okr-10986-60872021-04-23T14:02:24Z The Power of Parliamentary South-South Learning : Fighting Small Arms in the Great Lakes Region and Horn of Africa Balch, Jeff confidence constituents democratic deficit democratic processes initiative international agreements laws; legislation legislators Members of Parliament national Parliament national parliaments Parliamentarians parliamentary democracy parliamentary networks parliamentary systems parliaments representatives safe haven transparency Few other regions in the world have been hit so hard by so many wars and domestic conflicts as the countries in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa over the past fifteen years. Traders and brokers of small arms cool-headedly spotted the opportunities in these regions. Local demand was huge as many militia and rebel groups needed weapons and didn't particularly care about international trading regulations or conventions. 2012-05-16T16:14:38Z 2012-05-16T16:14:38Z 2010-10 Journal Article Development Outreach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6087 Development Outreach CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Journal Article Africa Congo, Democratic Republic of Kenya Rwanda
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topic confidence
constituents
democratic deficit
democratic processes
initiative
international agreements
laws; legislation
legislators
Members of Parliament
national Parliament
national parliaments
Parliamentarians
parliamentary democracy
parliamentary networks
parliamentary systems
parliaments
representatives
safe haven
transparency
spellingShingle confidence
constituents
democratic deficit
democratic processes
initiative
international agreements
laws; legislation
legislators
Members of Parliament
national Parliament
national parliaments
Parliamentarians
parliamentary democracy
parliamentary networks
parliamentary systems
parliaments
representatives
safe haven
transparency
Balch, Jeff
The Power of Parliamentary South-South Learning : Fighting Small Arms in the Great Lakes Region and Horn of Africa
geographic_facet Africa
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Kenya
Rwanda
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description Few other regions in the world have been hit so hard by so many wars and domestic conflicts as the countries in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa over the past fifteen years. Traders and brokers of small arms cool-headedly spotted the opportunities in these regions. Local demand was huge as many militia and rebel groups needed weapons and didn't particularly care about international trading regulations or conventions.
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author Balch, Jeff
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title The Power of Parliamentary South-South Learning : Fighting Small Arms in the Great Lakes Region and Horn of Africa
title_short The Power of Parliamentary South-South Learning : Fighting Small Arms in the Great Lakes Region and Horn of Africa
title_full The Power of Parliamentary South-South Learning : Fighting Small Arms in the Great Lakes Region and Horn of Africa
title_fullStr The Power of Parliamentary South-South Learning : Fighting Small Arms in the Great Lakes Region and Horn of Africa
title_full_unstemmed The Power of Parliamentary South-South Learning : Fighting Small Arms in the Great Lakes Region and Horn of Africa
title_sort power of parliamentary south-south learning : fighting small arms in the great lakes region and horn of africa
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