Organized crime and development: challenges and policy options in West Africa's fragile states = Organisierte Kriminalität und Entwicklung: Herausforderungen und Handlungsoptionen in fragilen Staaten Westafrikas

The development implications of transnational organized crime (TOC) have attracted growing attention in Germany and at the international level in recent years. Fragile and conflict-affected countries, which are generally regarded as especially vulnerable to TOC and its impacts, are a particular focu...

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Main Author: Vorrath, Judith (Author)
Contributors: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 2015
In:Year: 2015
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Summary:The development implications of transnational organized crime (TOC) have attracted growing attention in Germany and at the international level in recent years. Fragile and conflict-affected countries, which are generally regarded as especially vulnerable to TOC and its impacts, are a particular focus of interest. In the development policy debate, it has long been recognized that TOC and criminal violence are among the reasons why most fragile states have not achieved the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). For this reason, too, the development community has no option but to deal with the issue of organized crime and the risks that it poses to fragile states. Organized crime is a cross-cutting issue, not merely a security problem. Indeed, the development community is already dealing with TOC or TOC-relevant sectors more often than is generally assumed - whether in bilateral programmes to promote alternative development in drug cultivation areas or when supporting the establishment
Physical Description:35 S.