Mine clearance industry: background, geography, funding, analysis and future projections

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Authors
Donmez, Erkan
Subjects
Mine clearance Industry
Mine Clearance Firm
Mine Clearance Company
De-mining Industry
Demining Industry
Demining Company
De-mining Company
Commercial Demining Firm
Commercial De-mining Firm
Commercial Demining Company
mine risk education
mine awareness
Five Forces Analysis
ITF
MACC
ICBL
Advisors
Dew, Nicholas
Hudgens, Bryan
Date of Issue
2007-12
Date
December 2007
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
Contrary to common belief, the problems caused by landmines or other counter mobility devices have been threatening the lives of human beings for thousands of years. However, the actual efforts to remove the buried mines are a comparatively new issue. The mine clearance industry has been growing steadily, mostly because of increasing demand from the mine-afflicted countries, NGOs, international organizations and the wealthy donor countries having financial resources to attract the growing industry. The imbalance between the supply and the demand, and the financial constraints of mine-afflicted countries, NGOs, and international organizations make the efforts much more difficult to deal with. Due to these challenges faced by the stakeholders, a thorough review of the current system and prevalent shortfalls needs to be addressed. This study tries to cover the background of the problem, geography of the mine contamination, funding mechanisms, dynamics of the organizations dealing with the problem, efforts to achieve a mine-free world and recommendations for solution of the problem in the future. The mine clearance industry has also been thoroughly analyzed by using Porter's Five Forces Analysis, considering the governments of mine-afflicted countries, NGOs, International organizations, commercial clearance firms, and the donor countries having financial resources.
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Thesis
Description
MBA Professional Report
Department
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Format
xviii, 349 p. : ills., maps. ; 28 cm.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined
in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. As such, it is in the
public domain, and under the provisions of Title 17, United States
Code, Section 105, is not copyrighted in the U.S.
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