Democratic police reform, security sector reform, anti-corruption and spoilers: lessons from Georgia

Police Reform in Georgia

Security Sector Reform

For 26 years, from 1960 until 1996 and the signing of the Accord for a “Firm and Lasting Peace”, Guatemala was the setting of one of the bloodiest of Latin America’s Cold War armed conflicts. During this period, a national security doctrine militarized the state. The last provision of the Peace Accord in Guatemala, the ‘Agreement on the Strengthening of Civilian Power and on the Role of the Arm...

Security Sector Reform in Zimbabwe

On the 15th of September 2008, a power-sharing agreement was brokered between the major political parties in Zimbabwe, namely, the Tsvangirai-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), the Mutambara-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-M) and the then ruling Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF). This Global Political Agreement (GPA) paved the way for the establishment o...

Private Sector Lessons for Public Sector Reform in Indonesia

Development economists often analyse the performance of particular sectors of the economy, yet they have largely ignored that of one of the most important sectors, namely, the public sector, the performance of which is demonstrably poor. They are also continually giving recommendations to the Indonesian government as to what constitutes sound economic policy, whereas there is abundant evidence ...

Currency Reform in Turkey and Lessons from Re-Denomination and Euro Changeover

Re-denomination was not only a zero dropping and new coin minting operation but also a significant milestone in Turkey. Before the currency reform, multiple zeros had posed several difficulties in expressing monetary values, transactions, bookkeeping and statistical records, data processing software, payment systems, price labels etc. So, removing six zeros from national currency became a ...