This study was coordinated, compiled and edited by Shivit Bakrania, Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform (GFN-SSR).
- Individual country sections were authored by the following sub-regional research partners:
- Central Africa: Jean-Marie Gasana, Independent Consultant, Rwanda; Janine Rauch, Independent Consultant, Democratic Republic of Congo
- East Africa and the Horn of Africa: Jan Kamenju, Director, Security Research and Information Centre, Kenya; Medhane Tadesse, Centre for Policy, Research and Dialogue, Ethiopia
- West Africa: Eboe Hutchful and Priscilla Andoseh, African Security Dialogue and Research, Ghana
- Southern Africa: Gabriel Malebang, Researcher, Centre for Strategic Studies, University of Botswana
- South Asia: Rekha Chakravarthi, Annapoorna Karthika and Gautam Chawla, Research Officers, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), India
- Southeast Asia: Carolina G. Hernandez and Karla Mae Pabelina, Institute for Strategic and Development Studies (ISDS), Philippines
- Yemen: Flavia d’Amato-Adib, Khaled Kabbara and Ghaydaa Ghdayed, Center for Middle-Eastern Strategic Studies (CESMO), Lebanon.
GFN-SSR enlisted the support of an expert steering group who provided significant contributions at all stages of the project. The steering group included:
- Professor Ademola Abass, Professor of International Law and Organisations, Brunel University, UK
- Dr. Mustapha Adib, Director, Center for Middle-Eastern Strategic Studies (CESMO), Lebanon
- Dr. Lucia Dammert, Director, Security and Citizenship Programme, FLACSO, Chile
- Jim Goldston, Director, Open Society Justice Initiative, US
- Professor Paul Jackson, Director, Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform (GFN-SSR)
- Dr. Carolina Hernandez, President, Institute for Strategic and Development Studies (ISDS), Philippines
- Professor Eboe Hutchful, Chair, African Security Sector Network (ASSN), Ghana
- Dr. Mallika Joseph, Deputy Director, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), India.
Further assistance was provided by Ben Kelly, Daniel Lincoln and Sarah O’Connor at GFN-SSR.
Disclaimer: Final responsibility for the text within this report lies with the authors, notwithstanding the contributions of others listed here. The views presented in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of DFID or GFN-SSR.
