This paper analyzes the impact of the wave of violence that occurred in Timor Leste in 1999 on education outcomes. We examine the short-term impact of the violence on school attendance in 2001 and its longer-term impact on primary school completion of the same cohorts of children observed again...

Haiti is a showcase for the global distribution and pattern of violence that have been changing from the large-scale civil wars that prevailed until the late 1990s to the increasing emergence of common violence, particularly in urban areas.

To address sexual violence only during humanitarian emergencies is to ignore the endemic nature of violence against women on a global scale and its adverse impact on the development of a country.

This document is one of a series of technical notes that describe the nature and magnitude of violence in the region, its causes and effects, and how it can be prevented and controlled. The notes provide useful information on designing programs and policies to prevent and deal with violence....

This document is one of a series of technical notes that describe the nature and magnitude of violence in the region, its causes and effects, and how it can be prevented and controlled. The notes provide useful information on designing programs and policies to prevent and deal with violence....