Reconstruction from War in Africa: Communities, Entrepreneurs, and States

Tony Addison

No DP2001-18, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Africa has become synonymous with conflict. There were armed conflicts in 16 of Africa's 54 countries in 1999. For Africa to recover, communities must reconstruct, private sectors must revitalize, and states must transform themselves. Aid donors, NGOs, and international business can do much to help (or hinder). However, the movement from conflict to reconstruction and then to sustained development largely depends on three national actors. Thus, unless communities rebuild and strengthen their livelihoods, neither reconstruction nor growth will be poverty reducing.

Keywords: Democratization; Economic assistance and foreign aid; Poverty; Social conflict (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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