Local Conflict and Development Projects in Indonesia : Part of the Problem or Part of a Solution?

Drawing on an integrated mixed methods research design, the authors explore the dynamics of the development-conflict nexus in rural Indonesia, and the specific role of development projects in shaping the nature, extent, and trajectories of "ev...

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Main Authors: Barron, Patrick, Diprose, Rachael, Woolcock, Michael
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AID
WAR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7543859/local-conflict-development-projects-indonesia-part-problem-or-part-solution
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spelling okr-10986-70582021-04-23T14:02:33Z Local Conflict and Development Projects in Indonesia : Part of the Problem or Part of a Solution? Barron, Patrick Diprose, Rachael Woolcock, Michael ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCESS TO MARKETS AID AID AGENCIES AUTHORITY BULLETIN CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL WAR COGNITION COMMUNITIES CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CONFLICT MEDIATION CONFLICT PREVENTION CONFLICTS COUNTERFACTUAL DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PROGRESS ELECTIONS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ETHNIC DIVERSITY FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS FORCED RESETTLEMENT GENOCIDE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOOD GOVERNANCE HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLD DYNAMICS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN SECURITY IDEAS INCOME INEQUALITY INHERITANCE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT JOURNALISTS JUDICIAL REFORM LAND OWNERSHIP LEADERSHIP LOCAL CONFLICT LOCAL DEVELOPMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MIGRANT MILITIA NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL RESOURCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PEACE POLICY CONCERN POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL VIOLENCE POOR POOR AREAS POPULATION SIZE POWER RELATIONS PRACTITIONERS PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS RECONCILIATION RELIGIOUS LEADERS RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS RULE OF LAW RURAL RURAL COMMUNITIES SERVICE DELIVERY SEXUAL VIOLENCE SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIAL STRUCTURE SOCIAL TENSIONS SOCIAL UNREST STATE UNIVERSITY SUSTAINABILITY TARGETING UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POVERTY VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT VIOLENT CONFLICTS WAR WARS Drawing on an integrated mixed methods research design, the authors explore the dynamics of the development-conflict nexus in rural Indonesia, and the specific role of development projects in shaping the nature, extent, and trajectories of "everyday" conflicts. They find that projects that give inadequate attention to dispute resolution mechanisms in many cases stimulate local conflict, either through the injection of development resources themselves or less directly by exacerbating preexisting tensions in target communities. But projects that have explicit and accessible procedures for managing disputes arising from the development process are much less likely to lead to violent outcomes. The authors argue that such projects are more successful in addressing project-related conflicts because they establish direct procedures (such as forums, facilitators, and complaints mechanisms) for dealing with tensions as they arise. These direct mechanisms are less successful in addressing broader social tensions elicited by, or external to, the development process, though program mechanisms can ameliorate conflict indirectly through changing norms and networks of interaction. 2012-06-04T20:45:50Z 2012-06-04T20:45:50Z 2007-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7543859/local-conflict-development-projects-indonesia-part-problem-or-part-solution http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7058 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4212 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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topic ACCESS TO JUSTICE
ACCESS TO MARKETS
AID
AID AGENCIES
AUTHORITY
BULLETIN
CITIZENS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL WAR
COGNITION
COMMUNITIES
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
CONFLICT MEDIATION
CONFLICT PREVENTION
CONFLICTS
COUNTERFACTUAL
DEMOCRACY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PROGRESS
ELECTIONS
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
ETHNIC DIVERSITY
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS
FORCED RESETTLEMENT
GENOCIDE
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
GOOD GOVERNANCE
HOSPITAL
HOUSEHOLD DYNAMICS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN SECURITY
IDEAS
INCOME
INEQUALITY
INHERITANCE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
JOURNALISTS
JUDICIAL REFORM
LAND OWNERSHIP
LEADERSHIP
LOCAL CONFLICT
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MIGRANT
MILITIA
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATURAL RESOURCE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
PEACE
POLICY CONCERN
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL VIOLENCE
POOR
POOR AREAS
POPULATION SIZE
POWER RELATIONS
PRACTITIONERS
PROGRESS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
RECONCILIATION
RELIGIOUS LEADERS
RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS
RULE OF LAW
RURAL
RURAL COMMUNITIES
SERVICE DELIVERY
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
SOCIAL CHANGE
SOCIAL COHESION
SOCIAL CONFLICT
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL NORMS
SOCIAL RESEARCH
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
SOCIAL TENSIONS
SOCIAL UNREST
STATE UNIVERSITY
SUSTAINABILITY
TARGETING
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POVERTY
VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT
VIOLENCE
VIOLENT CONFLICT
VIOLENT CONFLICTS
WAR
WARS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO JUSTICE
ACCESS TO MARKETS
AID
AID AGENCIES
AUTHORITY
BULLETIN
CITIZENS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL WAR
COGNITION
COMMUNITIES
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
CONFLICT MEDIATION
CONFLICT PREVENTION
CONFLICTS
COUNTERFACTUAL
DEMOCRACY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PROGRESS
ELECTIONS
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
ETHNIC DIVERSITY
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS
FORCED RESETTLEMENT
GENOCIDE
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
GOOD GOVERNANCE
HOSPITAL
HOUSEHOLD DYNAMICS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN SECURITY
IDEAS
INCOME
INEQUALITY
INHERITANCE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
JOURNALISTS
JUDICIAL REFORM
LAND OWNERSHIP
LEADERSHIP
LOCAL CONFLICT
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MIGRANT
MILITIA
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATURAL RESOURCE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
PEACE
POLICY CONCERN
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL VIOLENCE
POOR
POOR AREAS
POPULATION SIZE
POWER RELATIONS
PRACTITIONERS
PROGRESS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
RECONCILIATION
RELIGIOUS LEADERS
RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS
RULE OF LAW
RURAL
RURAL COMMUNITIES
SERVICE DELIVERY
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
SOCIAL CHANGE
SOCIAL COHESION
SOCIAL CONFLICT
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL NORMS
SOCIAL RESEARCH
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
SOCIAL TENSIONS
SOCIAL UNREST
STATE UNIVERSITY
SUSTAINABILITY
TARGETING
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POVERTY
VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT
VIOLENCE
VIOLENT CONFLICT
VIOLENT CONFLICTS
WAR
WARS
Barron, Patrick
Diprose, Rachael
Woolcock, Michael
Local Conflict and Development Projects in Indonesia : Part of the Problem or Part of a Solution?
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Indonesia
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4212
description Drawing on an integrated mixed methods research design, the authors explore the dynamics of the development-conflict nexus in rural Indonesia, and the specific role of development projects in shaping the nature, extent, and trajectories of "everyday" conflicts. They find that projects that give inadequate attention to dispute resolution mechanisms in many cases stimulate local conflict, either through the injection of development resources themselves or less directly by exacerbating preexisting tensions in target communities. But projects that have explicit and accessible procedures for managing disputes arising from the development process are much less likely to lead to violent outcomes. The authors argue that such projects are more successful in addressing project-related conflicts because they establish direct procedures (such as forums, facilitators, and complaints mechanisms) for dealing with tensions as they arise. These direct mechanisms are less successful in addressing broader social tensions elicited by, or external to, the development process, though program mechanisms can ameliorate conflict indirectly through changing norms and networks of interaction.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Barron, Patrick
Diprose, Rachael
Woolcock, Michael
author_facet Barron, Patrick
Diprose, Rachael
Woolcock, Michael
author_sort Barron, Patrick
title Local Conflict and Development Projects in Indonesia : Part of the Problem or Part of a Solution?
title_short Local Conflict and Development Projects in Indonesia : Part of the Problem or Part of a Solution?
title_full Local Conflict and Development Projects in Indonesia : Part of the Problem or Part of a Solution?
title_fullStr Local Conflict and Development Projects in Indonesia : Part of the Problem or Part of a Solution?
title_full_unstemmed Local Conflict and Development Projects in Indonesia : Part of the Problem or Part of a Solution?
title_sort local conflict and development projects in indonesia : part of the problem or part of a solution?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7543859/local-conflict-development-projects-indonesia-part-problem-or-part-solution
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7058
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