The Economist – The thorny task of comparing crime rates across the world is tricky because legal interpretations vary
Open Canada – The world is urbanizing at breakneck speed. But not all regions are moving at the same speed
Outdated drug policies around the world have resulted in soaring drug-related violence, overstretched criminal justice systems
To contribute to Brazil’s National Action Plan (PNA), the Igarapé Institute releases this Strategic Article highlighting lessons learned by countries that have previously developed national plans of this kind.
Los Angeles Times – El Salvador is the world’s most violent country and its capital, San Salvador, is the world’s most homicidal city
Virtually every government, business and civil society organization around the world has to contend with some kind of fragility
From ensuring women’s participation to shifting toward sustaining peace, here are top takeaways from recent UN reviews on fostering global stability
Global Post – The news trickling out of Caracas just keeps getting worse. A recently published ranking of the world’s most dangerous cities listed the Venezuelan capital at the top of the charts
Brazil would do well to support a comprehensive approach to stability and reconstruction in Syria as advocated by the so-called Vienna Process since October 2015.
Carta Capital – Ao contrário do que dizem os críticos do Estatuto do Desarmamento, menos armas representam menos crimes
World Economic Forum – The world is urbanizing at a breakneck pace. But not all regions are moving at the same speed
Open Democracy – Probably San Salvador’s murder rate exceeds the violent death rate in many of the world’s most vicious armed conflicts
Americas Quartely – A new study shows narco-trafficking gangs are only part of the problem
How predicting violence may be possible? How can data help pre/during/post conflict?
Haiti currently faces a political crisis without precedent. The country has a president with no clear constitutional provision for leadership after his term expires
This Strategic Note presents the results of a national survey of 1,766 Haitian adults conducted in January, 2016; they were asked about their participation in voting, barriers to participating in the voting process, their choice for president, and about related subjects.
Open Democracy – The question now is whether citizens will wake up only after it’s too late
Igarapé Institute explains the reducing crime rates in the city and in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Humanitarian Practice Network – A goal to foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies
World Economic Forum – More and more cities are being held hostage to the threat of terrorism
El País January, 2016 Tentativas de cercear os direitos digitais dos brasileiros contrastam com a fama do país de bastião da liberdade na rede Uma juíza de São Paulo chocou o Brasil em dezembro ao exigir que todas as operadoras de telefonia do país bloqueassem
Brazilians take their social media very seriously. The country has one of the fastest growing populations of Internet users in the world
It is hard to know with certainty where and why cities will falter and fail in the 21st century
Devex – It is hard to know with certainty where and why cities will falter and fail in the 21st century
The Guardian – Across the global development sector, a new narrative on the relationship between security and development is gathering momentum
El Siglo Durango – Un alto porcentaje de las armas que alimentan al crimen organizado en México llegan legales. Y en su mayoría vienen desde Estados Unidos
Al Jazeera – As drug gangs encroach on old turf, residents hope New Year brings lasting peace – and better basic services
Global Post – A considerable proportion of illegally acquired firearms in Mexico were originally sold by federally licensed dealers in the US
The Guardian – This week, New York and LA reacted very differently to the same bomb scare. So how does a city judge how seriously to take such threats – and is it really that easy to bring a major metropolis to a halt?
Independent – There are better ways to manage our cities. How about an effort to deal with poverty itself?
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