Peace and Development : Democratization, Poverty and Risk Mitigation in Fragile and Post-conflict States; final technical report
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2011-12
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Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University
Abstract
The social sciences literature and policymakers often take for granted that positive
developmental outcomes, including poverty reduction, risk mitigation and democratization, are
mutually reinforcing. Yet the empirical evidence is still ambiguous, particularly for post-conflict
and fragile states. To help fill this void, the study addresses three sets of related issues: 1) Power
sharing for Peacebuilding and Development; 2) Participatory Governance and Service Provision;
and 3) The Economic Agenda for Post-Conflict Reconstruction. The project consists of two
component parts: The first includes 5 papers exploring the three sets of issues, with a focus on
their larger theoretical aspects and empirical trends. The second component of the project
includes detailed case studies that also address the same sets of issues in seven cases: Bosnia,
Colombia, Lebanon, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sri Lanka and Sudan. A multidisciplinary team
consisting of an economist and a political scientist or sociologist wrote each case study. This
overall structure is intended to help ensure that that the case studies inform the development of
macro-level theory, at the same time that the theory provides a strong foundation to maximize
the coherence of the overall study and the comparability of findings from the seven case studies.
The project has the particular strength of developing a new, multi-disciplinary, cross-regional
research network that will have the additional benefit of using both sophisticated quantitative and
rigorous qualitative research methodologies. The group of Southern and Northern researchers
involved in the project also has considerable ties with the policy communities, both nationally
and internationally, increasing the project’s potential for generating policy change by helping to
ensure that the project’s findings are relevant to potential stakeholders and more politically
viable in Southern countries. Ultimately, the project will serve as a model for developing
effective North-South and South-South research collaboration.
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POWER SHARING, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, POST-CONFLICT STATES, FRAGILE STATES, DECENTRALIZATION, FISCAL POLICY IN POST-CONFLICT AND FRAGILE STATES, SOUTH-SOUTH AND NORTH-SOUTH DIALOGUE, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, DEMOCRATIZATION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, SOUTH-SOUTH RELATIONS, NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS