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About this book
The 2015 edition of the Global Burden of Armed Violence provides a wealth of data relevant to security and the post-2015 sustainable development framework. It estimates that 508, 000 people died violently - in both conflict and non-conflict settings - every year in 2007–12, down from 526, 000 in 2004–09. This trend is visible in non-conflict settings, where the proportion of women and girls is also slightly reduced, from 17 to 16 per cent. Yet, the number of direct conflict deaths is on the rise: from 55, 000 to 70, 000 per year over the same periods. Firearms are used in close to half of all homicides committed and in almost one-third of direct conflict deaths. Nearly USD 2 trillion in global homicide-related economic losses could have been saved if the homicide rate in 2000–10 had been reduced to the lowest practically attainable levels - between 2 and 3 deaths per 100, 000 population.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Copyright information
- Foreword
- Table of contents
- List of Illustrations
- About the Geneva Declaration
- Acknowledgements
- Executive Summary
- Chapter One Violence, Security, and the New Global Development Agenda
- Chapter Two Lethal Violence Update
- Chapter Three Lethal Violence against Women and Girls
- Chapter Four Unpacking Lethal Violence
- Chapter Five The Economic Cost of Homicide