The Crime-Development Paradox: Organised Crime and the SDGs in Africa
Organised crime presents a manifold threat to sustainable development. This is recognised by theSustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2063....
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Organized Crime: a cross-cutting threat to development
There is a growing understanding of how organized crime threatens sustainable development. This recognition has found its way into key policy...
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Trade infrastructure and organized crime
Trade infrastructure may enable the economic benefits of globalization, but at the same time it can also make countries more vulnerable to organized...
Is drug policy in Africa on the cusp of change? The unfolding debate in Ghana
Introduction Ghana is on the cusp of becoming the first African country, and the first country outside of Europe and the Americas, to decriminalise...
Strengthening the UN-System response to organised crime and illicit trafficking
On 19 June there will be a high-level debate at the United Nations in New York on transnational organised crime convened by the President of the...
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Advancing Drug Policy Reform: a new approach to decriminalization
Since the Global Commission launched its first report in 2011, a significant shift has taken place in global drug policy, both in terms of public...
Organized Crime and Development – Challenges and Policy Options in West Africa’s Fragile States
By Judith Vorrath The development implications of transnational organized crime (TOC) have attracted growing attention in Germany and at the...
Taking Control: Pathways to Drug Policies that Work
The upcoming United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS) in 2016 is an unprecedented opportunity to review and...
Insecurity and violence in the post-2015 development agenda
“One-and-a-half billion people live in areas affected by fragility, conflict, or large-scale, organized criminal violence, and no low-income...
Curbing Illicit Financial Flows: The Post-2015 Agenda and International Human Rights Law
Corruption, which was identified as a cross-cutting theme in our Institute’s program of work for 2013, is not only a problem in its own right but...
The War on Drugs: Causing Deforestation and Pollution
The global “war on drugs” has been fought for 50 years, without preventing the long-term trend of increasing drug supply and use. Beyond this...