Mali

CONTENTS

1. Measuring irregular migration: Innovative data practices
   Solon Ardittis and Frank Laczko

2. Measuring unsafe migration: The challenge of collecting accurate data on migrant fatalities
   Ann Singleton, Frank Laczko and Julia Black

3. A new approach: Displacement Tracking Matrix Comprehensive Migration Flows Survey Model
   Michelle Münstermann and Vivianne van der Vorst

The global burden of Improvised Explosive Devices

Iain Overton and Jennifer Dathan

There is no day that goes past without the impact of an improvised explosive device (IED) making headlines around the world. Of all explosive weapons used, the IED is the most widespread, the most harmful and the most pernicious. Based on the belief that to overcome a problem, we must first understand it, this monitor is a small step in seeking to address the terrible realities of today.
It is a monitor that is, also, a response to a call to action.

Strategic Assessment

The global terrorist threat continued to evolve rapidly in 2015, becoming increasingly decentralized and diffuse. Terrorist groups continued to exploit an absence of credible and effective state institutions, where avenues for free and peaceful expression of opinion were blocked, justice systems lacked credibility, and where security force abuses and government corruption went unchecked.