Small Arms Survey 2007

The Small Arms Survey is an independent research project located at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. It serves as the principal international source of public information on all aspects of small arms and armed violence, and as a resource for governments, policy-makers, researchers, and activists. The project has an international staff with expertise in security studies, political science, international public policy, law, economics, development studies, conflict resolution, and sociology. The team works closely with a worldwide network of researchers and partners.

• Foreword Antanas Mockus; Introduction; 1. Multiplying the sources: licensed and unlicensed military production; 2. Completing the count: civilian firearms; 3. Probing the grey area: irresponsible small arms transfers; 4. Back to basics: transfer controls in global perspective; Photo Essay. Guns in the frame: urban violence in the Philippines Lucian Read; 5. Guns in the city: urban landscapes of armed violence; 6. Armed violence in Burundi: conflict and post-conflict Bujumbura; 7. Mapping the divide: firearm violence and urbanization in Brazil; 8. What price the Kalashnikov? The economics of small arms; 9. Enemy within: ammunition diversion in Uganda and Brazil; 10. Persistent instability: armed violence and insecurity in South Sudan.

'The Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City connects the dots between the individuals and organizations whose inaction or actions affect levels of armed violence at the municipal, national, regional, and international levels. In so doing, and in reminding us that we have the means to improve security, this book is essential reading for anyone concerned with mitigating the suffering armed violence causes families and communities around the world.' Antanas Mockus, Former Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia (1995–97 and 2000–-04)