UNU-CPR will produce four background papers to inform the UN-World Bank study on Preventing Violent Conflict, including: 1) a thematic paper on preventing urban conflict; 2) a thematic paper on sanctions and conflict prevention; 3) a thematic paper on diplomacy and good offices; and 4) a case study on conflict prevention in Nepal. In addition, UNU-CPR will serve as an advisor on Chapter IV of the UN-World Bank study, which covers what works and what doesn’t to help prevent conflict, providing research input and drafting feedback to the lead author of this Chapter.