State building
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- Integration of traditional and modern governance systems in Africa
- ( UN Economic Commission for Africa , 2007)
- This concept paper focuses on the traditional system of governance in Africa including their consensual decision-making models, as part of a broader effort to better define and advocate their role in ...
- One party dominance weakens the State
- ( J. Sumich;J. Howana / Crisis States Programme, LSE , 2007)
- Mozambique has been described as a model of state resilience as the ruling Frelino Party has managed to maintain power through years of economic collapse and civil conflict. This paper explains how a ...
- What constitutes ‘a state in the making’?
- ( G. Hesselbein;F. Golooba-Mutebi;J. Putzel / Crisis States Programme, LSE , 2006)
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This paper examines the processes of state reconstruction in Uganda and Rwanda, and the challenge posed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in light of the experience of the stable state in Tanzan...
- Why have donors failed to build accountable local governance in Afghanistan?
- ( S. Lister / Crisis States Programme, LSE , 2007)
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State-building has emerged has a key agenda of development aid, particularly in post-conflict contexts. This paper explores the important role of local government reform in the state-building proce...
- Is Sierra-Leone on track for state re-building?
- ( C. Lancaster / Center for Global Development, USA , 2007)
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This document assesses the long-term impact of the 2007 elections in Sierra Leone. It also looks at the broader context of elections in light of poverty, corruption, war and state building.
<... How can interventions in fragile states be made more effective?
- ( id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2007)
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The term ‘fragile states’ refers to states where globalisation and liberalisation have led to high levels of poverty and inequality, low levels of state capacity, vulnerability to inter...
- Elections and legitimate political structures for peace and stability
- ( J. Blanc; A. Hylland; K. Vollan / International Foundation for Election Systems , 2007)
- This paper discusses the role of elections and the structure of the state in post-conflict states. The paper argues that well designed and managed elections can create legitimate political structures ...
- Are foreign aid and troops hurting Afghanistan?
- ( A. Suhrke / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway , 2006)
- This paper analyses state building in Afghanistan highlighting the dependent nature of the current process. The paper first examines the structures of economic and military dependence on foreign assis...
- Reconstruction as modernisation in Afghanistan
- ( A. Suhrke / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway , 2006)
- Afghanistan, following years of political turmoil, has been undergoing a massive reconstruction effort since US intervention in 2001. The focus of the development agenda was, as with other cases, on s...
- Aid and development in Palestine
- ( United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development , 2006)
- This study considers the background to the Palestinian Authority (PA), institution building and reform and development policy. The authors recommend that the PA complement short-term emergency respons...
