| Description |
1 online resource (19 pages) : color illustrations, map, color photographs |
| Series |
Briefing paper / Small Arms Survey |
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Briefing paper (Small Arms Survey)
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| Summary |
Craft weapons production in Nigeria is under-researched, yet it is highly relevant for any future actions to counter small arms and light weapons proliferation. 1This paper provides new research findings based on extensive fieldwork in four Nigerian states (Adamawa, Anambra, Benue, and Plateau). It reviews demand and supply factors that shape the craft market in Nigeria, finding that demand is driven by insecurity and conflict, but also by cultural and societal factors. Supply is mostly demand driven. The quality of the products and production methods varies greatly across the surveyed states. Craft production poses a significant challenge for the Nigerian state and will require a mix of holistic measures to regulate or deter it, ranging from improving security (and security perceptions) and the relationship between security providers and communities, to licensing, measures aimed at providing alternative livelihoods for craft producers, and a more comprehensive application of the relevant legal framework |
| Notes |
"June 2018." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 17-19) |
| Notes |
"A Small Arms Survey publication supported by the German Federal Foreign Office." |
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Online resource; title from PDF cover page (Small Arms Survey, viewed October 12, 2018) |
| Subject |
Firearms industry and trade -- Nigeria
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Arms control -- Nigeria
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Illegal arms transfers -- Nigeria
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Blacksmiths -- Nigeria
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Arms control.
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Blacksmiths.
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Firearms industry and trade.
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Illegal arms transfers.
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Nigeria.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gsell, André, author
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Small Arms Survey, publisher.
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