Infrastructure
Infrastructure refers to the provision and existence of transport and utility services that are required for social and economic growth. Infrastructure development in conflict and stabilisation environments can strengthen the relationship between the state and local communities, as well as between local communities.
Documents
The Private Sector’s Role in the Provision of Infrastructure in Post-Conflict Countries
| Date added: | 28/02/2011 |
Author: Jordan Schwartz, Shelly Hahn, Ian Bannon
Institution: The World Bank
Publication Date: 2004
Keywords: Infrastructure, Conflict, Stabilisation
Read Full Text Here: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTCPR/214578-1111996036679/20618754/WP16_Web.pdf
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This paper examines private investment patterns in post-conflict countries, based on the World Bank’s Private Participation in Infrastructure Database (PPI), and looks at some success stories that may offer useful policy lessons for other post-conflict countries. This paper is useful for infrastructure advisors seeking to work with governments and institutions in post-conflict environments.
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Service Delivery In Countries Emerging from Conflict
| Date added: | 28/02/2011 |
Author: Tony Vaux and Emma Visman
Institution:Centre for International Co-operation and Security (CICS), Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
Publication Date: 2005
Keywords: Infrastructure
Read Full Text Here: http://www.eldis.org/fulltext/vaux_visman_sdde.pdf
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This report examines the relationship between service delivery and violent conflict, deriving lessonsfor the development of sustainable reform programmes from experiences in Mozambique, Uganda, Cambodia and East Timor. It will be of interest to planners of service and infrastructure development programmes in stabilisation contexts, as well as to in-country advisors or programme managers who wish to better understand the societal implications of their work.
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Provision of Infrastructure in Post Conflict Situations
| Date added: | 28/02/2011 |
Author: Mott MacDonald
Institution: DFID
Publication Date: 2005
Keywords: Infrastructure, Conflict, Stabilisation
Read Full Text Here: http://www.ti-up.org/uploads/public/documents/Key%20Documents/Infrastructure%20in%20Post%20Conflict.pdf
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This paper concentrates on how infrastructure provision needs to take account of recent conflict. It brings together much literature in the field which was current in the mid-2000s and sets out some of the main points which are still relevant today.
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This paper covers water and sanitation, transport, shelter, communications and energy infrastructure sectors, as well as the reinstatemen... Read More
Post Conflict Recovery: How should Policies be Distinctive?
| Date added: | 26/01/2012 |
Publication Date: May, 2007
Author: Paul Collier
Institution: Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University
Related categories: Infrastructure; Economic Recovery
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http://users.ox.ac.uk/~econpco/research/pdfs/PostConflict-Recovery.pdf
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In this paper, Paul Collier discusses how the objectives, political opportunities, economic opportunities and fiscal strategies might be distinctive in the context of post-conflict states. In terms of infrastructure, he raises an interesting discussion around the importance of managing construction booms, which are typical during post-conflict recoveries. This paper is of interest to stabilisation planners and to those particularly involved in the management of physical infrast... Read More
Getting Infrastructure Priorities Right in Post-Conflict Reconstruction
| Date added: | 30/01/2012 |
Publication Date: June, 2005
Author: P. B. Anand
Institution: United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research
Keywords: Infrastructure;Governance; Conflict
Read Full Text Here: http://www.rrojasdatabank.info/unurp05/rp2005-42_1.pdf
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This paper looks at both the service delivery and material aspects of infrastructure, paying attention to post conflict physical reconstruction and to what the author refers to as the equally crucial rebuilding of social institutions and capacities of communities. Evidence is taken from evaluation studies in Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, East Timor and Rwanda to demonstrate the key lessons for policymaking in infrastructure sectors. This paper will be of interest to p... Read More
Challenges of Infrastructure, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in War-affected Economies. Backgrou
| Date added: | 08/02/2012 |
Publication Date: 1999
Author: Hoeffler, A.
Institution: Centre for the Study of African Economies, Balliol College, University of Oxford
Related Categories: Infrastructure; Governance; Economic Recovery
Read Full Text Here: http://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/reports/Rep0002/rep20002.PDF
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This paper provides a good overview for stabilisation policy makers and practitioners concerned with the longer term stability of reconstruction. It considers the challenges of infrastructure rehabilitation and reconstruction in twelve war-affected economies in Africa: Mozambique, Ethiopia, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Eritrea, Sudan, Angola, Liberia, Somalia, Djibouti and Sierra Leone. In these locations, infrastructure has suffered severe neglect and damage, in particular utility ... Read More
Building Capacity in Post-Conflict Countries
| Date added: | 03/03/2011 |
Author: Alastair J. McKechnie
Institution: World Bank
Publication Date: 2004
Keywords: Infrastructure
Read Full Text Here: http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/library/82357/CEbrief-05_Mar04%20-%20Building%20Capacity%20in%20Post-Conflict%20Countries.pdf
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This brief examines the challenge of capacity building in post-conflict countries. It identifies trade-offs between short-term and long-term capacity building goals, and provides lessons for sustainable approaches to capacity building. The paper is relevant to planners of reform or development initiatives in stabilisation environments, particularly when programming involves training of or partnering with... Read More