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Title From civil strife to peace building : examining private sector involvement in West African reconstruction / Hany Besada, editor
Published [Waterloo, Ont.] : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 287 pages)
Series Studies in international governance series
Studies in international governance.
Contents Peacebuilding and the role of the private sector in post-conflict West Africa : a conceptual framework / Hany Besada, Vadim Ermakov, and Miran Ternamian -- The politics of post-conflict elections in Côte d'Ivoire / Chrysantus Ayangafac -- Côte d'Ivoire : the role of the private sector in buildinga peace economy / Willene A. Johnson -- Foreign investors and international donor contributions to Côte d'Ivoire's state-building efforts / Lydie Boka-Mene and Oren E. Wyche-Shaw -- Breaking with the past : transitional justice in Sierra Leone / Ozonnia Ojielo -- Post-conflict peacebuilding : the role of the UN Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) / Sunday Abogonye Ochoche -- The role of the private sector in Sierra Leone's post-conflict reconstruction efforts / Emmanuel Nnadozie and Siham Abdulmelik -- The role of the privatization program as a catalyst for economic reform in Sierra Leone Andrew K. Keili -- State-building efforts in post-conflict Liberia / Sunny Nyemah -- Security-sector reform in Liberia / Mark Malan -- State building in a post-conflict context : the Liberian framework for donor aid and private investments / Caroline Khoubesserian -- Liberia : builduing peace through investment-climate reform / David Bridgman and Robert Krech
Summary From Civil Strife to Peace Building examines peace-building efforts in the fragile West African states of Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Cote d'Ivoire, with a focus on the role of the private sector in leading the reconstruction initiatives. Given that aid and debt relief, the traditional remedies for dependency and underdevelopment, have not been effective, the private sector is increasingly viewed as a major player in the revival of regional economies. Private sector support, however, requires government intervention to improve investment climates, curb corruption, strengthen the security secto
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Economic development -- Africa, West
Peace-building -- Africa, West
Postwar reconstruction -- Africa, West
Conflict management -- Africa, West
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
Conflict management
Economic development
Economic history
Economic policy
Peace-building
Postwar reconstruction
Wiederaufbau
Friedenskonsolidierung
SUBJECT Africa, West -- Economic conditions -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001702
Côte d'Ivoire -- Economic policy
Sierra Leone -- Economic policy
Liberia -- Economic policy
Subject West Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Elfenbeinküste
Form Electronic book
Author Besada, Hany.
Centre for International Governance Innovation.
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