From Civil Strife to Peace Building examines peace-building efforts in the fragile West African states of Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d’Ivoire, with a focus on the role of the private sector in leading the reconstruction initiatives. Given that aid and debt relief, the traditional remedies for dependency and underdevelopment, have not been effective, the private sector is increasingly viewed as a major player in the revival of regional economies. Private sector support, however, requires government intervention to improve investment climates, curb corruption, strengthen the security sector, and reduce the cost of doing business.
The contributors discuss ways in which West African governments can encourage the greater involvement of business in humanitarian support with incentives that demonstrate alignment with business objectives and profit margins, making humanitarian support simple and, more importantly, profitable and sustainable for both local and foreign investors.
Co-published with the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
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- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 338.966
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Co-published by the Centre for International Governance Innovation Papers originally presented at a conference held in Accra, Ghana, Dec. 6-7, 2007 Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9781554580521 9781554582280
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- JZ5584.A35
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- F76 2009eb
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- 1 electronic text (xxiii, 287 p.)
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- Canada
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- List of Figures and Tables 8
- Foreword I 10
- Foreword II 14
- Acknowledgements 18
- List of Acronyms 20
- Peacebuilding and the Role of the Private Sector in Post-Conflict West Africa: A Conceptual Framework 26
- Part I: Cote d’Ivoire 40
- 1 From Linas-Marcoussis to the Ouagadougou Political Agreement: The Tortuous and Open-Ended Peace Process in Côte d’Ivoire 42
- 2 The Politics of Post-Conflict Elections in Côte d’Ivoire 58
- 3 Côte d’Ivoire: The Role of the Private Sector in Building a Peace Economy 78
- 4 Foreign Investors and International Donor Contributions to Côte d’Ivoire’s State-Building Efforts 98
- Part II: Sierra Leone 120
- 5 Breaking with the Past: Transitional Justice in Sierra Leone 122
- 6 Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: The Role of the UN Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) 154
- 7 The Role of the Private Sector in Sierra Leone’s Post-Conflict Reconstruction Efforts 170
- 8 The Role of the Privatization Program as a Catalyst for Economic Reform in Sierra Leone 194
- Part III: Liberia 216
- 9 State-Building Efforts in Post-Conflict Liberia 218
- 10 Security-Sector Reform in Liberia 234
- 11 State Building in a Post-Conflict Context: The Liberian Framework for Donor Aid and Private Investments 256
- 12 Liberia: Building Peace Through Investment-Climate Reform 273
- Afterword 290
- Recommended Reading 295
- Contributors 296
- Index 304
- A 304
- B 304
- C 304
- D 305
- E 306
- F 306
- G 306
- H 307
- I 307
- J 307
- K 308
- L 308
- M 308
- N 309
- O 309
- P 309
- Q 310
- R 310
- S 310
- T 311
- U 312
- V 312
- W 312
- Y 312
