Building for Peace : Reconstruction for Security, Equity, and Sustainable Peace in MENA
Tragic levels of death, destruction, displacement, and disorder from ongoing conflicts in Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen require a new approach focused on building – not rebuilding – to support transitions to sustainable peace. This is the key messa...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/747201593601797730/Building-for-Peace-Reconstruction-for-Security-Equity-and-Sustainable-Peace-in-MENA http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34106 |
| Summary: | Tragic levels of death, destruction,
displacement, and disorder from ongoing conflicts in Iraq,
Libya, Syria, and Yemen require a new approach focused on
building – not rebuilding – to support transitions to
sustainable peace. This is the key message of this new World
Bank report funded by the German Federal Ministry for
Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Building for
Peace combines the latest development thinking with original
research and proposes an integrated approach to look at
reconstruction, development, and the transition to
sustainable peace for conflict countries in the Middle East
and North Africa and globally. It argues that, because the
nature of conflict has evolved, the ways of planning and
prioritizing interventions should also evolve, as must the
ways that governments, development actors, and donors engage
in those environments. Building for Peace advocates a more
bottom-up approach that complements the approaches centered
on physical reconstruction and central government
institutions and that links past, present, and future. It
suggests starting by understanding the past and the factors
that led to conflict and by making sense of the present by
identifying the power and incentives of existing actors, the
existing allocation of resources, and the political and
economic interests revolving around war. This more nuanced
and holistic analysis helps to map the future by developing
a long-term vision for sustainable peace. That vision is
anchored on the priorities of the communities affected and
the associated risks, constraints, and tradeoffs. It also
addresses past grievances by building on existing assets and
not just on physical damage—and by focusing on creating
economic opportunities for all people affected by the conflict. |
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