Maximizing the Impact: Tailoring Mine Action to Development Needs (Linking Mine Action and Development)

This report of the Peace Research institute of Oslo (PRIO) explores the widely acknowledged potential that mine action interventions have to support development processes. The focus of the report is to analyse the interaction between mine action at the local level, rather than the usual macro and meso levels, by drawing on findings from studies of Locality Demining in Cambodia and the Task Assessment and Planning methodology from Bosnia and Herzegovina. It argues that sound knowlege of the context in which mine action is being conducted enables actors to modify or fine-tune their activities to maximize the development benefits of mine action.