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[email protected] Published with funds from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Table of contents FOREWORD ......................................................................................................................................................5 ABBREVIATIONS ..............................................................................................................................................6 1 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................................7 1.1 Summary of main findings and recommendations ..............................................................................7 1.2 Background ........................................................................................................................................... 13 1.3 The scope and structure of the study .................................................................................................. 15 1.4 Methodology .........................................................................................................................................17 1.5 Definition of terms .............................................................................................................................