| The handbook has been produced by a collaborative effort among researchers and
practitioners across Africa. Core members of the writing team are: Nicole Ball,
'J. Kayode Fayemi, 'Funmi Olonisakin, and Rocklyn Williams. Contributors to the
handbook are: Len LeRoux, Ntsiki Motumi, Janine Rausch, and Mark Shaw. The handbook has also been the subject of consultations during regional meetings held by affiliated research networks in Western and Southern Africa during which researchers, policy makers, and practitioners gave generously of their time. The objective of these consultations was to obtain input from a wide variety of local stakeholders on the draft handbook and to deepen the authors' understanding of good and bad practice. Workshop participants are listed in Appendix 1. Information obtained through these consultations has also been incorporated into ongoing research projects carried out by the Centre for Democracy & Development (Lagos/London), the Center for International Policy (Washington, DC) and the Security-sector Transformation Project of the Institute of Security Studies (Pretoria). The work has been carried out with the aid of a grant from the International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada and the UK Department for International Development (DFID). The editors and authors would like to thank the two organisations for providing funding for the preparation of this handbook and to CDD support staff who managed the logistics of the project. They would also like to thank Robin Luckham, Eboe Hutchful, Malcolm Holmes, Anicia Lala, Gavin Cawthra, Luc van de Goor, and Tsjeard Bouta for their comments and advice. Nicole Ball & J. 'Kayode Fayemi, Editors |