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Capacity building in fragile and postconflict states in Africa

Capacity building in fragile and postconflict states in Africa Capacity building in fragile and postconflict situations is specially challenging for policy makers in that it represents a situation that needs to be carefully managed. Understanding the dynamic link between capacity building and conflict requires understanding the nature and determinants of conflicts, their duration, intensity and the modalities for their cessation and postconflict reconstruction. This study attempted to do that from systemic or theoretical perspective. A major common theme that runs across the literature is that postconflict recovery and sustainable development and the associated capacity building exercise in Africa need to have the following four feature 1 first a broad development planning framework with a fairly longtime horizon and an overarching objective of poverty reduction 2 second, social policymaking in such countries is expected to be distinct from nonconflict countries. This signals the need to articulate country specific policies and 3 third, intervention in such states requires a high volume of aid flows and 4 forth it need to be preceded by deeper understanding of African societies by donors. This study by outlining such basic issues from theoretical perspective resorted to an outline of three core areas of capacity building that are needed in postconflict and fragile states capacity building to address immediate needs of postconflict states, capacity building to address the core economic and political causes of conflict, as well as, capacity building to address issues of finance and financial sector reconstruction. Each of these aspects is discussed in detail in the study. The study underscores the need to view and understand capacity building exercise as part and parcel of a broad developmental problem which requires broader developmental solutions. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png World Journal of Entrepreneurship Management and Sustainable Development Emerald Publishing

Capacity building in fragile and postconflict states in Africa

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Emerald Publishing
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2042-5961
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10.1108/20425961201000036
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Capacity building in fragile and postconflict situations is specially challenging for policy makers in that it represents a situation that needs to be carefully managed. Understanding the dynamic link between capacity building and conflict requires understanding the nature and determinants of conflicts, their duration, intensity and the modalities for their cessation and postconflict reconstruction. This study attempted to do that from systemic or theoretical perspective. A major common theme that runs across the literature is that postconflict recovery and sustainable development and the associated capacity building exercise in Africa need to have the following four feature 1 first a broad development planning framework with a fairly longtime horizon and an overarching objective of poverty reduction 2 second, social policymaking in such countries is expected to be distinct from nonconflict countries. This signals the need to articulate country specific policies and 3 third, intervention in such states requires a high volume of aid flows and 4 forth it need to be preceded by deeper understanding of African societies by donors. This study by outlining such basic issues from theoretical perspective resorted to an outline of three core areas of capacity building that are needed in postconflict and fragile states capacity building to address immediate needs of postconflict states, capacity building to address the core economic and political causes of conflict, as well as, capacity building to address issues of finance and financial sector reconstruction. Each of these aspects is discussed in detail in the study. The study underscores the need to view and understand capacity building exercise as part and parcel of a broad developmental problem which requires broader developmental solutions.

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World Journal of Entrepreneurship Management and Sustainable Development – Emerald Publishing

Published: Oct 1, 2011

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