Securing peace : state-building and economic development in post-conflict countries / / edited by Richard Kozul-Wright, Piergiuseppe Fortunato.

• Author: United Nations.
• TeilnehmendeR: Kozul-Wright, Richard, 1959-; Fortunato, Pier-Giuseppe.; United Nations.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 226 p. ); ill.
• Notes: Published in association with the United Nations.

This volume brings together new contributions from academic economists and political scientists as well as experts from the United Nations. It calls for a more integrated policy approach and studies the processes which lead to explosion of civil strife. This book studies the processes which lead to explosion of civil strife and tries to spell out the policy options available to address the challenges faced by post-conflict economies. It calls for a more integrated policy approach which can gradually repair trust in public institutions as it addresses the vulnerabilities and grievances that helped start the process. Usually, such societies do not have the luxury of meeting the goals of security, reconciliation and development in a measured or sequenced manner: to avoid an immediate return to violence they must begin the recovery process on all fronts simultaneously.

Table of Contents

Preface | Introduction | Development and Conflict: Theoretical and Empirical Linkages | Peace-building and the Social Contract | State-building for Peace-building: What theory and whose role? | The Impact of Armed Civil Conflicts on Household Welfare and Economic Recovery | Post-Conflict Recovery: Resource Mobilization and Reconstruction | Post-Conflict Recovery: Aid Effectiveness and Permanent Peace | Post-Conflict Recovery: Lessons from the Marshall Plan for the 21st Century