Fast-Track Institution Building in Conflict-Affected Countries? Insights from Recent Field Experiments

Elisabeth King and Cyrus Samii

World Development, 2014, vol. 64, issue C, 740-754

Abstract: This paper synthesizes evidence from four recent “community-driven development” field experiments undertaken in countries affected by violent conflict and assesses prospects for “fast-track” institution building. Conflict-affected environments are presumed to be settings that combine extraordinary need and opportunity for building institutions. The substantive and methodological consistency of the field experiments (Afghanistan, DRC, Liberia, and Sierra Leone) allows us to derive general conclusions about attempts at local institution building in conflict-affected contexts. The evidence tells us that CDD programs are far from “proven impact” interventions. We discuss reasons for the limited effects, with implications for policy and further research.

Keywords: institutions; conflict; community-driven development; impact evaluation; Africa; Afghanistan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.06.030

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