Rebuilding war-torn states : the challenge of post-conflict economic reconstruction / Graciana del Castillo ; foreword by Edmund S. Phelps.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castillo, Graciana del.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postwar reconstruction--Case studies.

Postwar reconstruction.

Peace--Economic aspects--Case studies.

Peace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (459 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Post-conflict economic reconstruction is a critical part of the political economy of peacetime and one of the most important challenges in any peace-building or state-building strategy. After wars end, countries must negotiate a multi-pronged transition to peace: Violence must give way to public security; lawlessness, political exclusion, and violation of human rights must give way to the rule of law and participatory government; ethnic, religious, ideological, or class/casteconfrontation must give way to national reconciliation; and ravaged and mismanaged war economies must be reconstructed a

Contents:

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction: Reconstruction off track; PART I: WAR-TO-PEACE TRANSITIONS; 1 Features of recent transitions; 2 Debate on the economic consequences of peacetime; PART II: POST-CONFLICT ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION; 3 Definitions and characteristics; 4 Basic premises for policymaking; PART III: INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE; 5 The multilateral framework for international assistance; 6 Issues for debate on international assistance; PART IV: LESSONS FROM CASE STUDIES; 7 UN-led reconstruction following UN-led negotiations: El Salvador

8 UN-led reconstruction following NATO-led military intervention: Kosovo9 UN-led reconstruction following US-led military intervention: Afghanistan; 10 US-led reconstruction amid US-led occupation: Iraq; PART V: A STRATEGY FOR ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION: LESSONS, POLICY GUIDELINES, AND BEST PRACTICES; 11 Setting the stage; 12 Basic institutional framework; 13 National reconciliation efforts; 14 Macroeconomic policymaking; 15 Microeconomic policymaking; Concluding remarks: Putting reconstruction on track; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V

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Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-398) and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-160810-6

9786611978570

1-281-97857-4

0-19-155339-5

OCLC:

539118117