Taya Weiss is a Johannesburg-based consultant. She has conducted and written about small arms, conflict an related issues for the Institute for Security Studies, most recently in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
The publication of this monograph is made possible through the generousity of the governments of Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, who support the work of the ISS Arms Management Programme. Their continued interest in assisting us in our work is gratefully acknowledged.