Blood Diamonds and Conflict Financing: The Kimberley Process and Its Limitations: A Feminist Political Economy Approach

Key Points

• The article aims to assess the effectiveness of the Kimberley Process in addressing blood diamonds and their role in conflict financing within the African context.
• Policy brief structure focusing on Guinea
• Review of verified scholarship
• Identification of institutional and theoretical dynamics
• Analysis of policy implications
• The Kimberley Process has significant limitations in preventing conflict financing
• Institutional dynamics impact the effectiveness of the Kimberley Process
• Feminist political economy offers critical insights into the challenges faced in regulation

Abstract