All related to Peace

Rina M. Alluri, 2009

The goal of the working paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the motivating and deterring factors for corporate engagement in peace. Focusing the empirical research on the conflict-vulnerable tourism sector in Croatia, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka, the working paper argues that economic incentives are an important though not a sufficient motivation for most forms of corporate engagement in peace. Other factors such as the terms (or costs) of peace and the relationships to or dependence from the government can also strongly influence corporate willingness to actively contribute to peacebuilding.

Joras U. with contributions from Rina Alluri and Karsten Palme. Motivating and Impeding Factors for Corporate Engagement in Peacebuilding. Working Paper 1/2009. swisspeace.

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swisspeace Annual Conference 2007

Didier Péclard, 2009

With the current attention given to climate change and global warming, the issue of “environmental security” is back high on the agenda of the international community. Environmental degradation is increasingly considered as a potential cause for the (re-)emergence of violent conflicts due to shrinking natural resources such as drinkable water and land. However, research on the issue has shown that there is very little empirical evidence of a direct causal link between environmental degradation and violent conflict. In order to set effective priorities for environmental peacebuilding, it is important to understand - particularly in situations of environmental stress - how natural resource conflicts are embedded in social and political dynamics, how they are managed by local institutions, and how these institutional arrangements can be supported through outside intervention. Based on a research project conducted by swisspeace within the framework of the NCCR North-South, the swisspeace annual conference 2007 explored those complex linkages and formulated entry points for improving intervention strategies by external actors.

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Bishnu Raj Upreti, 2009

This book critically examines the decade long armed conflict and its impacts on various sectors, explores opportunities and challenges for Nepal's peace process and future development. It will be a valuable reference book for readers who are interested in:

• Nepal's power, politics and political change;


• land conflict and its relation with politics;


• environmental stresses created by the armed conflict;


• dynamics of internal displacement;


• hydroconflict and its political implications on Nepal and beyond;


• public legitimacy issue in making post conflict constitution;


• relationship between the armed conflict and tourism and potentials of tourism sector in promoting peace;


• reorienting of development in the post-conflict situation;


• various impacts of the armed conflict;


• role of women in Nepal’s peace process;


• debate on the security sector restructuring after the armed conflict and challenges and opportunities for Nepal to achieve inclusive democracy, durable peace and economic prosperity.

Avaiable for purchase from: Vedamsbooks