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Inter-communal conflict within states in the 1990s has led to a troubling new phenomenon in international security: small-arms and light-weapon warfare, spurred by a correlation between conflict and poverty. By Jeffrey Boutwell and Michael Klare.

In early 1998, the Fund asked Amir Pasic, the deputy director of the Project on World Security, to prepare a review of trends in security grantmaking and a summary of the major security-related programs of other foundations.

Author Stephen John Stedman concludes that there are a range of options available to international actors seeking to mediate these conflicts, but the attempt to do good, if poorly planned and lacking in strategy, can also be harmful.

This report argues that public health surveillance for emerging diseases and preparedness for biological terrorism are strongly related.  By Christopher F. Chyba.

This paper offers a literature review and provides a clear assessment of recent trends in poverty, inequality, and conflict in developing and post-Communist countries; their relation to economic growth; and the links between these trends.  By Joan M. Nelson.
 

How globalization will affect China's participation in international efforts to respond to transnational and global challenges, and how it is affecting the Chinese leadership's capacity to address domestic and international challenges.  By Elizabeth Economy.

This literature review focuses on the impact of information and communications technology and services on the politics and society of developing countries, especially on the issues of conflict and cooperation. By Ernest J. Wilson, III.

This is the first publication of the RBF-funded Global Interdependence Initiative, which seeks to improve Americans' understanding of global interdependence, and to strengthen public and political support for cooperative international engagement.

After a year-long research effort, analyzing the effects of scaling up solar electrification projects in the developing world, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund hosted a conference at The Pocantico Center about financing solar energy in the developing world. This is a brief summary of the results of the research and discussion.