LATEST MEDIA APPEARANCE – Trading Conflict for Development. Resource Consulting Services' latest report, Trading Conflict for Development, featured in Partnership Africa Canada's June 2009 Bulletin.

NEW RELEASE – Trading Conflict for Development. A report on the trade in militarised minerals from the Eastern DR Congo, researched for the Department for International Development (DFID) in conjunction with the London School of Economics and Ghent University.

Resource Consulting Services is a research and investigation consultancy that provides considered solutions to our clients’ dilemmas. The answers and analysis we offer are matched with advisory, implementation and evaluation services that help see the solutions through to operation.

Some dilemmas recently solved for our clients:

• What are the reputation, business and political connections of a business or high ranking politician in a developing economy?
• Is it possible to certify this commodity as fair trade? How would we do this, where and with whom?
• Is a military or criminal group benefiting from the trade in natural resources from this country? How can we reform the trade and harness it for development?
• What are some concrete steps we can take to improve the security and economic stability of this country or region?
• How do we develop this commercial project in a way that mitigates social, environmental and political risks both to us and affected communities? Can we do it in a way that contributes to poverty alleviation, environmental protection, and sustainable development?

We specialise in conducting research in even the most difficult environments. Our company works across a variety of sectors and geographies - benefiting from in-country specialist associates working all over the world. RCS is committed to providing our clients with innovative, theoretically aware and decidedly practical advice and to working in accordance with our core values, which are diligence, expertise, integrity and sustainability.

For more information on RCS please read the about us page. Examples of our publicly available work can be found on the publications page. For an overview of our clients please refer to our work. If you have further questions or an enquiry, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

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Academic Paper – Negotiated Peace for Extortion – The Case of Walikale Territory in Eastern DR Congo. Written for the ISI Social Citation Index listed Journal of Eastern African Studies.