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Local Conflict and Development Projects in Indonesia : Part of the Problem Or Part of A Solution ? / Woolcock, Michael
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Woolcock, Michael
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Armed Conflict.
- Communities & Human Settlements.
- Conflict and Development.
- Conflict Mediation.
- Conflicts.
- Consultants.
- Development Economics and Aid Effectiveness.
- Development Project.
- Development Projects.
- Dispute Resolution.
- Economic Development.
- Economies.
- Education.
- Education and Society.
- Ethnic Diversity.
- Housing and Human Habitats.
- International Community.
- International Development.
- Judicial Reform.
- Local Conflict.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Meeting.
- Nation.
- Post Conflict Reconstruction.
- Post Conflict Reintegration.
- Poverty Monitoring and Analysis.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Project Evaluations.
- Property Rights.
- Rule of Law.
- Social Accountability.
- Social Conflict and Violence.
- Social Development.
- University.
- Violence.
- Local Subjects:
- Armed Conflict.
- Communities & Human Settlements.
- Conflict and Development.
- Conflict Mediation.
- Conflicts.
- Consultants.
- Development Economics and Aid Effectiveness.
- Development Project.
- Development Projects.
- Dispute Resolution.
- Economic Development.
- Economies.
- Education.
- Education and Society.
- Ethnic Diversity.
- Housing and Human Habitats.
- International Community.
- International Development.
- Judicial Reform.
- Local Conflict.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Meeting.
- Nation.
- Post Conflict Reconstruction.
- Post Conflict Reintegration.
- Poverty Monitoring and Analysis.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Project Evaluations.
- Property Rights.
- Rule of Law.
- Social Accountability.
- Social Conflict and Violence.
- Social Development.
- University.
- Violence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (37 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2007
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Drawing on an integrated mixed methods research design, the authors explore the dynamics of the development-conflict nexus in rural Indonesia, and the specific role of development projects in shaping the nature, extent, and trajectories of "everyday" conflicts. They find that projects that give inadequate attention to dispute resolution mechanisms in many cases stimulate local conflict, either through the injection of development resources themselves or less directly by exacerbating preexisting tensions in target communities. But projects that have explicit and accessible procedures for managing disputes arising from the development process are much less likely to lead to violent outcomes. The authors argue that such projects are more successful in addressing project-related conflicts because they establish direct procedures (such as forums, facilitators, and complaints mechanisms) for dealing with tensions as they arise. These direct mechanisms are less successful in addressing broader social tensions elicited by, or external to, the development process, though program mechanisms can ameliorate conflict indirectly through changing norms and networks of interaction.
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