Explaining Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-938787-8 (ISBN)
The international community has donated nearly one trillion dollars during the last four decades to reconstruct postconflict countries and prevent the outbreak of more civil war. Yet reconstruction has eluded many of these countries, and 1.8 million people have been killed in reignited conflict. Where did the money go?
This book documents how some leaders do bring about remarkable reconstruction of their countries using foreign aid, but many other post-conflict leaders fail to do so. Offering a global argument that is the first of its kind, Desha Girod explains that postconflict leaders are more likely to invest aid in reconstruction when they are desperate for income and thus depend on aid that comes with reconstruction strings attached. Leaders are desperate for income when they lack access to rents from natural resources or to aid from donors with strategic interests in the country. Using data on civil wars that ended between 1970 and 2009 and evidence both from countries that succeeded and from countries that failed at postconflict reconstruction, Girod carefully examines the argument from different perspectives and finds support for it. The findings are important for theory and policy because they explain why only some leaders have the political will to meet donor goals in the wake of civil war. The findings also shed light on state-building processes and on the political economy of postconflict countries. Paradoxically, donors are most likely to achieve reconstruction goals in countries where they have the least at stake.
Desha Girod specializes in the political economy of fragile states. Specifically, she focuses on civil conflict, financial flows to developing countries, and colonial institutions. Her research appears in the American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Conflict Management and Peace Science, and the Journal of North African Studies. Girod is a faculty affiliate of Georgetown's African Studies Program and a member of the Executive Committee of Georgetown's Center for Latin American Studies. Professor Girod received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford. She also held a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.
List of Illustrations ; Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; Prologue ; Section 1: The Problem and The Argument ; 1. Phoenix States after Civil War ; 2. Reconstruction against All Odds ; Section II: Testing the Argument with Data ; 3. Statistical Analysis of Postconflict Reconstruction ; 4. Statistical Analysis of Postconflict Coup Risk ; Section III: Using Case Studies to Examine the Argument ; 5. Similar Background, Different Windfall: Mozambique and Angola ; 6. Same Country, Change in Windfall: Uganda ; Section IV: Lessons for Postconflict Reconstruction and a Look to the Future ; 7. Improving Aid Effectiveness after Civil War ; Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.3.2015 |
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| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 231 x 155 mm |
| Gewicht | 544 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-938787-7 / 0199387877 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-938787-8 / 9780199387878 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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