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088 $aRR-808-A
050 00 $aUA12$b.W38 2015
100 1 $aWatts, Stephen$q(Stephen Baldwin),$eauthor.
245 10 $aIdentifying and mitigating risks in security sector assistance for Africa's fragile states /$cStephen Watts.
246 17 $aIdentifying and mitigating risks in SSA for Africa's fragile states
264 1 $aSanta Monica, Calif. :$bRAND Corporation,$c[2015]
264 4 $c©2015
300 $axx, 59 pages :$bcolor map ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"RR-808-A"--Cover page 4.
500 $a"Arroyo Center."
500 $a"Prepared for the United States Army."
500 $a"Approved for public release; distribution unlimited."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 51-59).
520 $aThis report explores the nature of the risks inherent in U.S. security sector assistance to the fragile states of Africa and how the United States might better anticipate and mitigate these risks. It examines these issues through a review of qualitative and quantitative literature from both the academic and policy fields and through interviews conducted throughout the agencies of the U.S. government. The quantitative literature suggests a stark dilemma for those responsible for U.S. security sector assistance to the AFRICOM area of responsibility: The countries that are most in need of assistance are usually the ones least able to make positive use of it. Case studies of security sector assistance in the fragile countries in Africa are used to trace multiple specific pathways by which such assistance can have negative second- and third-order effects. Finally, the report provides numerous recommendations about ways in which the United States can improve the processes by which it monitors and evaluates, plans, and implements security sector assistance in the fragile states of Africa and more generally.
530 $aAlso issued online.
505 0 $aThe problem of security sector assistance in Africa -- Risks of SSA in the fragile states of Africa -- Improving U.S. security sector assistance processes to mitigate risk -- Conclusion.
650 0 $aMilitary assistance, American$xRisk assessment$zAfrica.
650 0 $aSecurity sector$zAfrica.
650 0 $aPolitical stability$zAfrica.
650 0 $aConflict management$zAfrica.
710 2 $aRand Corporation,$eissuing body.
710 2 $aArroyo Center,$eresearcher.
710 1 $aUnited States.$bArmy,$esponsoring body.
856 42 $zRelated Electronic Resource: Publisher's web site for this work, including abstract, table of contents, and link to scanned depiction of full text and image:$uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR808.html