Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform (GFN-SSR)

A Beginner's Guide to Security Sector Reform (SSR)

SSR Beginners Guide

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Topic Guide:
SSR in Latin America and the Caribbean

This topic guide provides an introduction to literature on security sector reform (SSR) in Latin America and the Caribbean. It highlights key regional texts and resources that cut across a number of security sectors and countries. Because of the size of the region, several broadly representative country case studies from sub-regions have been selected to highlight particular issues of interest. Whilst not exhaustive, this guide gives an indication of the growing literature available on SSR in the region. Research on SSR, particularly region-wide comparisons, is not abundant and though English-language papers are used wherever possible, if a key document is only available in Spanish then it is included below, with a brief summary in English.

Clicking on the link in the document title will take the reader to a more extensive summary in the GFN-SSR Document Library, which includes a direct link to the original relevant document.

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