Lessons Learned from Security-Related Programming in Stabilisation and Conflict-Affected Contexts

Question:

This request concerns efforts conducted in contexts where long-term reforms have not necessarily been possible but where there might have been some shorter-term initiatives in the security sector (primarily formal but also informal to a certain extent). 

Summary:

The challenging environment that ongoing conflict presents means that evidence based analysis of security sector initiatives is hard to find (Ball and Walker, 2015, p. 3) and the evidence base uncovered by this rapid literature review is small. Interviews with experts suggest that there may be more documented cases and lessons which are not publicly available.