Economic Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Transitions: Lessons for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Graciana del Castillo

No 228, OECD Development Centre Working Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to develop a strategy for PCT in the DRC, drawing from the experience of other countries that have gone through this triple transition. These experiences will be used to identify the tasks that need to be carried out in the DRC, to illustrate domestic policies that have worked and those that have failed, and to exemplify the financial and technical assistance that the international community could offer to facilitate the transition and the problems of integrating and coordinating such assistance.Although a rigorous analysis of the political and economic developments in the DRC is well beyond the scope of this paper, a brief description of some of these developments is necessary to understand the daunting PCT challenges facing the DRC, as well as to draw lessons from previous experiences. At the same time, although the strategy for PCT in the DRC will focus on economic reconstruction, political and human rights issues will be mentioned in as far as they ... L’objectif de ce document est d’élaborer une stratégie de transition post-conflit pour la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) à partir des expériences de pays ayant connu cette même triple transition. Ces expériences permettront d’identifier les tâches à accomplir ; d’illustrer les politiques nationales efficaces et celles qui ont échoué ; et de donner un exemple de l’assistance technique et financière que la communauté internationale pourrait apporter pour faciliter la transition et résoudre les problèmes de l’intégration et de la coordination d’une telle assistance.Si ce document n’a pas pour ambition de se livrer à une analyse approfondie de l’évolution politique et économique de la RDC, une rapide description de quelques-uns des changements intervenus est indispensable pour bien appréhender l’immensité des défis de la transition post-conflit, mais aussi pour tirer les leçons des experiences passées. Parallèlement, alors que la stratégie de transition post-conflit de la RDC ...

Date: 2003-11-01
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