connectivity Forced Burkina Faso, displacement Chad, Mali, Forced Analysis of Sahel displacement AAA of IDPs and – Mauritania and displacement situation and development needs refugees in the completed Niger Sahel Uganda, Kenya, Forced Somalia, South Regional study with UNHCR to AAA Forced displacement – Sudan, Sudan, assess situation and inform in the Horn of ongoing displacement Ethiopia, Eritrea, development operations Africa Djibouti Parallel and coordinated development for Economic integration & Trade & integration and stability. Sudan South community Infrastructure, access to finance stability in the – Concept Tamazuj Sudan governance (mobile), technical and note vocational training and cross region border policy harmonization Improvement of cross-border Project Value chain – trading business environment, support approved Chad Value chains with focus on meat and dairy May 2014 project sub-sectors Which borders? Much of the literature on borderlands in Africa resides in the academic sphere with little written on examples of practical implementation or on the typology of borders. There exists substantial academic research on borderlands and cross-border affairs and a growing literature on African issues. Research initiatives such as Border Regions in Transition, the Association for Borderlands Studies and specialist research centers such as International Boundaries Research Unit (Durham University) and Centre for International Borders Research University Belfast) are all active in this field. In the (Queen’s Great Lakes region, the NGO International Alert has undertaken a number of policy studies into the functioning of the borders for the WBG. DRC’s In the absence a border typology, an initial internal analysis has looked into two main areas: (i) regional connectivity, and (ii) the level of vulnerability. These two main categories were then broken down into a number of sub-categories as can be seen in Table 2 based on publicly available data and indicators. Table 2: Criteria used in ranking border areas Level of Vulnerability Regional Connectivity Structural Trans-border Economic Government Vulnerability Insecurity collaboration trade potential openness Population Perceived Neighboring Status of trade Existing Client perception density criminality in country Market access infrastructure Adult society relations Relative Natural Literacy State legitimacy Membership importance of resources Refugee/IDPs Security to RECs trade to the Potential for Poverty Rate apparatus border area economic Demographic Group grievance trade growth Pressures
connectivity Forced displacement of IDPs and refugees in the Sahel AAA – completed Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger Forced displacement Analysis of Sahel displacement situation and development needs Forced displacement in the Horn of Africa AAA – ongoing Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti Forced displacement Regional study with UNHCR to assess situation and inform development operations Economic integration & stability in the Tamazuj region Concept note Sudan – South Sudan Trade & community governance Parallel and coordinated development for integration and stability. Infrastructure, access to finance (mobile), technical and vocational training and cross border policy harmonization Value chain support project Project – approved May 2014 Chad Value chains Improvement of cross-border trading business environment, with focus on meat and dairy sub-sectors Which borders? Much of the literature on borderlands in Africa resides in the academic sphere with little written on examples of practical implementation or on the typology of borders. There exists substantial academic research on borderlands and cross-border affairs and a growing literature on African issues. Research initiatives such as Border Regions in Transition, the Association for Borderlands Studies and specialist research centers such as International Boundaries Research Unit (Durham University) and Centre for International Borders Research (Queen’s University Belfast) are all active in this field. In the Great Lakes region, the NGO International Alert has undertaken a number of policy studies into the functioning of the DRC’s borders for the WBG. In the absence a border typology, an initial internal analysis has looked into two main areas: (i) regional connectivity, and (ii) the level of vulnerability. These two main categories were then broken down into a number of sub-categories as can be seen in Table 2 based on publicly available data and indicators. Table 2: Criteria used in ranking border areas Level of Vulnerability Regional Connectivity Vulnerability Insecurity Structural collaboration Trans-border trade Economic potential Government openness Population density Adult Literacy Refugee/IDPs Poverty Rate Demographic Pressures Perceived criminality in society State legitimacy Security apparatus Group grievance Neighboring country relations Membership to RECs trade Status of trade Market access Relative importance of trade to the border area Existing infrastructure Natural resources Potential for economic growth Client perception
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