Securing Peace: State-building and Economic Development in Post-conflict Countries (The United Nations Series on Development)

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on bloomsburycollections.com.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. 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.--publisher's Website. Introduction / Richard Kozul-wright And Piergiuseppe Fortunato -- The Impact Of Armed Civil Conflict On Household Welfare And Policy Responses / Patricia Justino -- Development And Conflict / Graham K. Brown -- Peace-building And The Social Contract / Syed Mansoob Murshed -- State-building For Peace-building / Susan L Woodward-- Post-conflict Recovery:resouarce Mobilization And Reconstruction / James K Boyce -- Post-conflict Recovery: Aid Effectiveness And Permenant Peace / Mića Panić -- Post-conflict Recovery: Lessons From The Marshall Plan For The 21st Century / Richard Kozul-wright And Paul Rayment. Editors, Richard Kozul-wright, Piergiuseppe Fortunato. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Annotation. 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. This volume brings together new contributions from academic economists and political scienists 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.