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The Small Arms Survey is an independent research project located at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. The Small Arms Survey mandate is to look at all aspects of small arms and armed violence.

It serves as the principal international source of impartial and public information on all aspects of small arms and light weapons (SALW), and acts as a resource for governments, policy-makers, researchers, and activists in terms of information and research on small arms issues.

It monitors national and international initiatives (governmental and non-governmental), and acts as a forum and clearinghouse for the sharing of information as well as the dissemination of best practice measures and initiatives dealing with small arms issues.

The project employs international experts in security studies, political science, law, international public policy, development studies, economics, conflict resolution, and sociology. The staff works closely with a worldwide network of researchers and partners.

The project's flagship publication is the Small Arms Survey, an annual review of armed violence and global small arms issues such as production, stockpiles, brokering, legal and illicit arms transfers, the effects of small arms, and national, bilateral, and multilateral measures to deal with the problems associated with small arms.