Carol Jean Gallo- PhD Student at University of Cambridge
Carol Jean Gallo
- PhD Student at University of Cambridge
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Introduction
Carol Jean Gallo is a PhD student at Cambridge University interested in "local" understandings of peacebuilding and the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) of ex-combatants in the Democratic Republic of Congo. For her research she is interested primarily in the subjective understandings of DDR held by international institutions (the UN and World Bank) and grassroots institutions.
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The history of classical IR discourse and the construct of “development” continues to frame Western perceptions of African states and societies. This chapter will look at IR critiques of how the Congo and Western countries pursued their geopolitical aims towards each other through the international financial institutions (IFIs) during the Cold War....
For decades, the countries of the Great Lakes region of Africa have struggled to work through a complex set of dynamics that fuel insecurity and inequality. Politically, the ‘Great Lakes’ usually refers to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Burundi, and Uganda, even though, geographically, it applies to Kenya and Tanzania as well. Thes...
The role of mineral exploitation in fueling the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has led to international efforts to combat the “illicit trade in minerals, including the passing of legislation such as Section 1502 of the United States' Dodd-Frank Act. Yet the assumption that control over resources is a root cause of conflict, and...
