This workshop convened to discuss state-building in post-conflict environments and to focus on what is known empirically about the economic and political processes of state-building and the influence of aid. The starting assumption was that for all the current attention on state-building, we do not know very much about the effect of economic assistance and yet the current focus on greater policy coherence presumes we do.
In preparation for the workshop, several participants from academic and policy communities drafted memos for the group to discuss. These memos can be downloaded in PDF format below:
Blanca Antonini, Visiting Professor for the Master Program of International Relations at the Torcuato Di Tella University in Buenos Aires, Argentina
State Building and Reconstruction
Sunil Bastian,
The New Love Affair with the State
Andy Bearpark, Founder and Director of Post-Conflict People. Director General of British Association of Private Security Companies
Post-Conflict Reconstruction and State-building
John Bevan,
Arrested Development
Carlos Castel-Branco, Director, Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos, Maputo, Mozambique
Economic Policy and State-Building
Xavier Devictor, Country Program Director (Egypt, Yemen, Djibouti), The World Bank
What Effect Does the Choice of Economic Strategy and Aid Policy Have on the State?
Miles Kahler, Rohr Professor of Pacific International Relations, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego
Aid and State-building
Mushtaq Khan, Professor in Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Memo on State-Building, Economic Development, and Conflict Resolution: Insights from Palestinian State-building during the Oslo Period
Richard Kozul-Wright, Development Strategy and Analysis Unit, UN DESA/DPAD
Lessons from the Marshall Plan
Astri Suhrke, Senior Researcher, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway
Aid Policy and State-building