Commercial provision of security in development countries

Status

closed

Topics

  • Agents and Patterns of Security and War

Between 2010 and 2011, BICC researchers examined the private security industries in Timor-Leste, Liberia and Peru. They were particularly interested in the relation between private security and development cooperation and found that security companies challenge development actors in two significant ways. 

Project Leader

Project Team

Funder

  • German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Duration of project

since 2009

Publications

bicc Annual report

Annual Report 2012

bicc , Bonn (2012)

Open
bicc Knowledge notes

von Boemcken, M., & Ashkenazi, M., & Schmitz-Pranghe, C.

Commercial security and development: Findings from Timor-Leste, Liberia and Peru

bicc , Bonn (2012)

Open