Recent ActivityMay 17, 2023
In April at the AfCTA Business Forum in Cape Town, we unveiled our first edition of the report: the “State of the Illicit Economy – Focus on Africa”. This first edition sets the stage for future in-depth, quarterly updates on progress towards product integrity and traceability in Africa. We are committed to help transform the African market and empower consumers to make safer, more informed choices. Together, we can create a safer and more transparent African market! We invite you to join our mission by contributing data and information that will enable us to publish even more impactful reports. Your insights can make a difference in the lives of millions of consumers across the continent. You can view “OriginAll_State-of-Illicit-Economy_Focus on Africa.pdf” at: Click to access OriginAll_State-of-Illicit-Economy_Africa_Focus.pdf New book, now in Spanish!Comment for the Latin America MonitorSeptember 14, 2016
Latin America Monitor a publication of the Inter-American Dialogue. Development Services Group where I currently work uses the logo “science4people”. Hopefully, these new initiatives in Central America will be grounded in evidence and responsive to the needs of the respective communities. As we know, through the evidence we have, violence tends to be sticky, […] Why the Devil Wears Fake Prada !August 30, 2016
Why we need a #Global Commission on #Violence PreventionJuly 6, 2016
Why we need a Global Commission on Violence Prevention “Violence is not inevitable. Prevention measures work.” These were my takeaways from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s two and a half day Fifth National Summit on Preventing Youth Violence in Baltimore Maryland. The sessions sponsored by the White House were full of Cabinet-level […] Venezuelan president is to blame for humanitarian crisis, OAS chief says | World news | The GuardianJune 24, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/23/organization-american-states-venezuela-nicolas-maduro My new gig at #Development Services Group (DSG)June 15, 2016
Delighted to join this first class organization which has over 30 years of excellence in building institutional and social resilience at the federal, state, community, and individual level by translating scientific results and evidence into policy and practice. DSG, a small, woman-owned business, has more than 75 employees and over 350 consultants worldwide. Their track record […] |
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It’s Time to Declare War
on the War on Crime
Far from a “soft on crime” method, in this book, Ambassador Blackwell contends that such an approach opens up fresh new ideas and methods for battling crime at home and abroad that, unlike the War on Crime, don’t exacerbate the very problems they are trying to solve.
