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Civilian health, health care workers, and health facilities disproportionately suffer in countries experiencing severe instability, but global health donors have yet to make developing health systems in such states a priority. Doing so could both make populations healthier and contribute to state legitimacy. Countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Liberia, Nepal, Somalia, The Two Sudans, Zimbabwe
| Issue Areas: Health and Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
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Over the past several decades, dozens of countries have established truth commissions and other bodies to investigate mass atrocities or systematic human rights abuse. Lessons learned from past truth-finding processes are invaluable to help address the legacies of human rights violations in countries transitioning to democratic regimes in the Middle East and North Africa and elsewhere. Countries: Afghanistan, Colombia, Iraq, Libya, Nepal, Tunisia, Zimbabwe
| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law
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The fragile power-sharing deal between Zimbabwe’s political parties is close to breaking down. Michael Bratton, a Jennings Randolph senior fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace, discusses the latest stalemate. This Peace Brief is based on press monitoring and interviews in Harare, Zimbabwe, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere between May and October 2010. Countries: Zimbabwe
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Political Reform, Security Sector Reform/Governance
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Analyzing nineteen cases, Framing the State in Times of Transition offers the first in-depth, practical perspective on the implications of constitution-making procedure, and explores emerging international legal norms. Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Colombia, Eritrea, Fiji, Hungary, Iraq, Namibia, Nicaragua, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Timor Leste, Uganda, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law
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Zimbabwe is saddled with two million percent annual price increases, rampant corruption and pervasive unemployment. Experts believe that an effort to reform the country's political corruption and irresponsible monetary policies will be central to establishing social and economic stability in the long run. Countries: Zimbabwe
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What are the national, regional and international consequences of recent electoral violence in Zimbabwe? What triggered the outbreak? Read more from Senior Research Associate Dorina Bekoe. Countries: Zimbabwe
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Rule of Law
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The socio-economic and political conditions in Zimbabwe have been declining for years, but on March 11, 2007, they seemed to take a dramatic turn for the worse. Against these worsening conditions, USIP convened a public meeting to discuss the triggers leading to the March 2007 crackdown, the changes within the political parties in Zimbabwe, the challenges facing civil society organizations (CSOs), and the public’s response to past political violence. |
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In the post-Cold War era, diverse new threats to long-term global political and economic stability have emerged. Such threats include terrorist activities, the proliferation of nuclear technologies and delivery systems, and biological threats that include both bioweapons and naturally occurring epidemic diseases such as HIV/AIDS. Countries: Zimbabwe
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Countries: Zimbabwe
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This report examines the obstacles to change and considers the roles of key domestic actors, their strategies, and their interests in a new Zimbabwe. It assesses the current mechanisms for change and potential outcomes. Countries: Zimbabwe
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