Financing Peace : International and National Resources for Postconflict Countries and Fragile States

After more than a decade of experience and research on financing arrangements in post conflict countries and fragile states, a consensus has emerged on at least one matter. The core objective is to build effective and legitimate governance structur...

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Main Authors:	Boyce, James K., Forman, Shepard
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITIES ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY AID FLOWS AMBASSADOR ARBITRATION ARREARS AUTHORITY BANK POLICY BATTLE BILATERAL AID BUDGET ALLOCATION BUDGET EXPENDITURES CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS CONDITIONALITY CONFLICT CONFLICT PREVENTION CONFLICTS CONSENSUS CONSTITUENCIES COORDINATION FAILURES CORRUPTION COUNTERPARTS CREDIBILITY CREDITOR CREDITORS CRISES DEATHS DEBT BURDENS DEBT RELIEF DEBT SERVICE DEBT-SERVICE DEBTS DECISION-MAKING DEMOBILIZATION DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT BANK DISARMAMENT DISBURSEMENT DISBURSEMENTS DOMESTIC REVENUE DONOR AGENCIES DONOR COUNTRIES DURABLE ECONOMIC AID ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION ECONOMIC POLICIES ELECTIONS EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EQUIPMENT EX-COMBATANTS EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL ASSETS EXTERNAL BORROWING EXTERNAL DEBT FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS FISCAL CAPACITIES FISCAL CAPACITY FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY FOREIGN AID FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN POLICY FOREIGN RELATIONS FOUNDATIONS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT BUDGETS GOVERNMENT CAPACITY GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT FINANCES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE GOVERNMENT RESOURCES GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES GOVERNMENT REVENUE GOVERNMENT SPENDING HOST ECONOMY HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN SECURITY HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IBRD IMF INCOME FLOWS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTRUMENT INSURGENCY INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL DONORS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL STUDIES INVENTORY INVESTING JUSTICE SYSTEM LEGAL SYSTEM LEGITIMACY LOAN LOCAL ECONOMIES MEETING MILITARY BUDGETS MILITARY EXPENDITURE MILITARY EXPENDITURES MILITARY OPERATIONS MODALITIES MODALITY MONETARY FUND MULTILATERAL AID NATIONAL BUDGETS NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL RESOURCES NATIONS NEEDS ASSESSMENT OBSERVER OBSERVERS ODIOUS DEBT OPPORTUNITY COST PAPER FINANCING PAYMENT OF DEBT PEACE PEACE AGREEMENTS PEACE KEEPING PEACE KEEPING OPERATIONS PEACE RESEARCH PEACEBUILDING PEACEKEEPERS PERFORMANCE CRITERIA PERVERSE EFFECTS PHYSICAL SECURITY PLEDGES POLARIZATION POLICE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL STABILITY POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PRESCRIPTIONS PROCUREMENT OF GOODS PROGRAMS PROJECT APPRAISAL PUBLIC ACTION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES PUBLIC SECTOR RECIPIENT COUNTRIES RECONCILIATION RECONSTRUCTION REGIONAL CONFLICT REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS RENT-SEEKING BEHAVIOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS RESOURCE CURSE RESOURCE MOBILIZATION RETURN REVENUE COLLECTION ROADS RULE OF LAW SECTORAL ALLOCATION SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL MITIGATION SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIAL SERVICES STRATEGIC PLANNING TARIFF REVENUE TAX TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX BASE TAX COLLECTION TAX COMPLIANCE TAX EVASION TAX POLICY TAX REFORM TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TAX SYSTEMS TAXATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPARENCY TRUST FUND TRUST FUNDS UNDP VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT WAR WORLD DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/394261468182670144/Financing-peace-international-and-national-resources-for-Post-conflict-countries-and-fragile-states http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27514

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Summary:	After more than a decade of experience and research on financing arrangements in post conflict countries and fragile states, a consensus has emerged on at least one matter. The core objective is to build effective and legitimate governance structures that secure public confidence through provision of personal security, equal justice and the rule of law, economic well-being, and essential social services including education and health. These governance structures are necessary to ensure that countries do not turn, or turn back, to violence as a means of negotiating state-societal relations. This paper discusses a number of the weaknesses in current financing arrangements for post conflict countries and fragile states, with a focus on Official Development Assistance (ODA). We argue that tensions persist between business-as-usual development policies on the one hand and policies responsive to the demands of peace building on the other. The preferential allocation of aid to 'good performers,' in the name of maximizing its payoff in terms of economic growth, militates against aid to fragile and conflict-affected states. If the aim of aid is redefined to include durable peace, the conventional performance criteria for aid allocation lose much of their force. Compelling arguments can be made for assistance to 'poor performers' if this can help to prevent conflict. Yet the difficulties that initially prompted donors to become more selective in aid allocation remain all too real. Experience has shown that aid can exacerbate problems rather than solving them.

Financing Peace : International and National Resources for Postconflict Countries and Fragile States

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