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From Conflict to Recovery in Africa
Edited by Tony Addison
314 pages
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numerous figures, tables and maps
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234x156mm
978-0-19-926103-1
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Hardback
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13 February 2003
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- A thorough examination of how societies recover from war
- Highlights ways to improve the benefits of reconstruction and reform for the poor
- Contributes to the wider global debate beyond Africa
Establishing peace and reconstructing Africa's war-damaged economies are urgent challenges. For Africa to recover, communities must reconstruct, private sectors must revitalize, and states must transform themselves. Thus, unless communities rebuild and strengthen their livelihoods, neither reconstruction nor growth can be poverty-reducing. But communities cannot prosper unless private investment recreates markets and generates more employment. And neither communities nor entrepreneurs can realise their potential without a development state-one that is democratically accountable and dedicated to poverty-reducing development. The international community can do much
to assist-through more aid, debt relief, and peacekeeping-but ultimately the future lies in the hands of Africans themselves.
This book examines these themes in a selection of African countries that have gone through intense and prolonged conflict, and its policy conclusions are important for understanding the prospects for peace and recovery not only in Africa, but also in other 'post-conflict' societies across the world. It also discusses the cross-cutting issues of how economic and political reform interact with conflict resolution and 'post-conflict' reconstruction. This interaction is often neglected by both governments and donors. However, reform and reconstruction cannot be kept separate if conflict is to be halted and poverty reduced.
The book is one of the first to undertake a thorough examination of the economic dimensions of recovery from war. It places particular emphasis on designing a recovery in which the poor participate, so that the benefits of reconstruction from war do not just flow to a narrow élite. In highlighting the tensions and opportunities that exist in achieving recovery from war, it contributes not only to the debate on economic policy making in Africa, but also to the design of better reconstruction and reform programmes.
Readership: Academics and graduate students within the fields of economics, politics, and sociology; International agency personnel, diplomats, and NGOs.
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Edited by Tony Addison, Deputy Director UNU/WIDER Contributors:
Tony Addison (WIDER)
Clara de Sousa (Bank of Mozambique)
Mário Adauta de Sousa (National Institute of Statistics, Angola)
Björn Ekman (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Stockholm)
Åsa Stenman (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Stockholm)
Gaim Kibreab (South Bank University, London)
Daniel Ayalew (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopa)
Stefan Dercon (University of Oxford)
Pramila Krishnan (University of Oxford)
Arne Bigsten (University of
Gothenburg)
Renato Aguilar (University of Gothenburg)
Marc Wuyts (Institute of Social Studies, The Hague)
Carlos Castel-Branco (SOAS, University of London)
Chris Cramer (SOAS, University of London)
Degol Hailu (SOAS, University of London)
Alemayehu Geda (SOAS, University of London)
Göte Hansson (Lund University, Sweden)
Jens Kovsted (University of Copenhagen)
Finn Tarp (University of Copenhagen)
David Bevan (University of Oxford)
Leonce Ndikumana (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
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"The present hot topics of security discourse have tended to shift attention away from Africa: a big mistake. This continent has been fated to play the role of proving-ground both for conflict's cruellest variants and for the most forward-looking solutions. It strongly illustrates the interweaving of various dimensions of human security, so vital for finding the answers to new threats like mass-impact terrorism. Tony Addison's edited volume focuses on the economic damage invariably done by conflict and the policy challenge of how to repair it, concluding that only an early and sustained effort to address structural reforms can do the trick." - Alyson J.K. Bailes, Director - SIPRI "This very timely book should be widely welcomed
by social scientists and policy practitioners with an interest in development in post-conflict societies, especially in Africa ... Addison pulls together a clear set of policy recommendations that resonate well beyond the handful of countries on which this intensively researched collection was based." - Professor Peter Burnell, University of Warwick "It is sad that a book such as this must be written, but conflict is a tragic fact of life in the sub-Saharan region. This book brings hope for the future, through its sound, professional research. Again, WIDER demonstrates that it is on the 'cutting edge' of development economics." - John Weeks, Director Centre for Development Policy and Research "I am confident that this book will serve as
an excellent handbook for all those engaged in matters relating to poverty reduction, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of combatants in Africa." - James O.C. Jonah - Former United Nation's Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs and former Minister of Finance of Sierra Leone "From Conflict to Recovery in Africa is an admirable work. In a painstaking and succinct manner the contributors have satisfactorily examined the whole array of difficult factors and variables that must be tackled if a broad-based recovery from conflict can be achieved ... In my capacity as Minister of Finance, Development and Economic Planning and later as Minister of Finance (1998-2001) in Sierra Leone I was in charge of efforts to manage the country's ruined economy to
post conflict development. My regret is that this book was not available at that time, as the case studies would have provided many lessons for countries like Sierra Leone." - James O.C. Jonah - Former United Nation's Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs and former Minister of Finance of Sierra Leone "This is a well researched study that combines solid theoretical analysis with a deep understanding of the complex empirical realities of post-conflict reconstruction and development in Africa ... It sends a powerful message to the international community that it has an obligation to assist African countries to achieve durable peace." - Nitin Desai, Under-Secretary-General United Nations Department for Economic and Social
Affairs "From Conflict to Recovery in Africa is a tour de force, analyzing nation-states in Africa that confront multiple tasks of reconstruction from war, transition from socialism to liberalism, and attaining economic growth and poverty reduction. Readers will benefit from the insights of Tony Addison and contributors to our understanding of the economic development and transformation of Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique." - E. Wayne Nafziger, University Distinguished Professor, Kansas State University "From Conflict to Recovery in Africa provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenge of reconstruction in the world's poorest continent. Based on case studies undertaken in five Sub-Saharan states, the volume focuses
largely on the role of national actors in the recovery process, a perspective which enables the authors to make a particularly original contribution to our understanding of contemporary Africa." - Dr Jeff Crisp, Head, Evaluation and Policy Analysis Unit, UNHCR "The authors make a persuasive case that peacebuilding, economic reform, and democratization can and must go together in Africa. This book is essential reading for all concerned with the transition from war to peace." - James K. Boyce, Director, Program on Development, Peacebuilding, and the Environment, Political Economy Research Institute, and Professor, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst "From Conflict to Recovery in Africa is an outstanding
contribution to the literature on conflict prevention and peace building ... While the book is based on excellent case studies of Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Ethiopia and Eritrea, its conclusions are widely applicable, even to conflict situations and crisis states outside of Africa. I highly recommend it to all those who are interested in the relationship between conflict prevention, peace building and long-term development, for which democratic governance is one of the most effective means of institutional capacity building for sustainable livelihoods and the eradication of poverty." - Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, Director, UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, Oslo
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Part I: Themes
1: Tony Addison: Introduction and Overview
2: Tony Addison: From Conflict to Recovery?
Part II: Reconstructing Communities
3: Mário Adauta de Sousa, Tony Addison, Björn Ekman, and Åsa Stenman: From Humanitarian Assistance to Poverty Reduction in Angola
4: Clara de Sousa: Rebuilding Rural Livelihoods and Social Capital in Mozambique
5: Gaim Kibreab: Displaced Communities and the Reconstruction of Livelihoods in Eritrea
6: Daniel Ayalew, Stefan Dercon, and Pramila Krishnan: Demobilization, Land, and Household Livelihoods in Ethiopia
7: Arne Bigsten: Selecting Priorities for Poverty Reduction and Human Development in Ethiopia
Part III: Revitalizing Private Sectors
8: Renato Aguilar: Angola's Incomplete Transition
9: Marc Wuyts: The Agrarian Question in Mozambique's Transition and Reconstruction
10: Carlos Castel-Branco and Chris Cramer, with Degol Hailu: Privatization and Economic Strategy in Mozambique
11: Tony Addison and Alemayehu Geda: Ethiopia's New Financial Sector and its Regulation
Part IV: Transforming States
12: Göte Hansson: Building New States: Lessons from Eritrea
13: Jens Kovsted and Finn Tarp: Reconstruction, Reform, and State Capacity in Guinea-Bissau
14: David Bevan: The Fiscal Dimensions of Ethiopia's Transition and Reconstruction
15: Tony Addison and Leonce Ndikumana: Overcoming the Fiscal Crisis of the African State
Part V: Conclusions
16: Tony Addison: Communities, Private Sectors, and States
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