Small Arms Survey 2011

The Small Arms Survey is an independent research project located at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. It serves as the principal source of public information on all aspects of small arms and armed violence and as a resource centre for governments, policy-makers, researchers and activists.

• Introduction; 1. Larger but less known: authorized small arms transfers; 2. Fact or fiction? The UN small arms process; 3. Procurement and practice: police use of emerging weapons technology; 4. A booming business: private security and small arms; 5. Protected but exposed: multinationals and private security; 6. Ethos of exploitation: insecurity and predation in Madagascar; 7. Reforming the ranks: public security in a divided Côte d'Ivoire; 8. Securing the state: Haiti before and after the earthquake; 9. Balancing act: regulation of civilian firearm possession.