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From war economies to peace economies : the challenge of post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/28089 From war economies to peace economies : the challenge of post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone Solomon, Hussein amelia.broodryk@gmail.com Du Rand, Amelia Elizabeth Shadow state Shadow economy Peace economy Post-conflict reconstruction Peacebuilding Peace Nepad Informal markets Economic agendas Diamonds Formal markets Corruption Coping economy Conflict Combat economy African Union (AU) Sierra Leone United Nations (UN) War War economy Youth UCTD Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. The difficulty of transforming war economies into peace economies has become increasingly problematic in the search for long-term peace and stability in Africa. In many African countries such as Sierra Leone, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, conflict actors have created distinct war economies in order to maintain the conflict in these countries. The enduring nature of the war economies presents a unique challenge to actors involved in ensuring that peace returns to a country by applying a peacebuilding strategy. The economic environment during a conflict has a vast influence on a post-conflict economy and a post-conflict reconstruction strategy. Although post-war rebuilding occurred during the reconstruction of Europe and Japan after the Second World War, the terms "post-conflict peacebuilding" and "post-conflict reconstruction" have only came to prominence during the mid-1990s. Using the case study of Sierra Leone, this study explores the challenge of war economies and its impact on post-conflict reconstruction. Sierra Leone presents an appealing case study as the country experienced a very profitable war economy during the armed conflict in the country between 1991 and 2002, and continues to struggle to transform this war economy into a peace economy. The case study of Sierra Leone is well researched, however, most studies focus on the conflict period, and only briefly look at the post-conflict period. In addition, discussions of post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone have failed to adequately address the challenges presented by the war economy. This study uses existing analyses about the war economy in Sierra Leone, and links these to the current post-conflict reconstruction strategy, focusing specifically on the economic dimension. Therefore, this study represents a departure from traditional approaches to exploring war economies because it considers the direct impact these economic systems have on the process of post-conflict reconstruction. Political Sciences unrestricted 2013-09-07T12:51:50Z 2010-09-21 2013-09-07T12:51:50Z 2010-09-03 2010-09-21 2010-09-21 Dissertation Du Rand, AE 2010, From war economies to peace economies : the challenge of post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28089 > E10/607/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28089 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09212010-173144/ © 2010, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Shadow state Shadow economy Peace economy Post-conflict reconstruction Peacebuilding Peace Nepad Informal markets Economic agendas Diamonds Formal markets Corruption Coping economy Conflict Combat economy African Union (AU) Sierra Leone United Nations (UN) War War economy Youth UCTD From war economies to peace economies : the challenge of post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone |
| title | From war economies to peace economies : the challenge of post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone |
| title_full | From war economies to peace economies : the challenge of post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone |
| title_fullStr | From war economies to peace economies : the challenge of post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone |
| title_full_unstemmed | From war economies to peace economies : the challenge of post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone |
| title_short | From war economies to peace economies : the challenge of post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone |
| title_sort | from war economies to peace economies the challenge of post conflict reconstruction in sierra leone |
| topic | Shadow state Shadow economy Peace economy Post-conflict reconstruction Peacebuilding Peace Nepad Informal markets Economic agendas Diamonds Formal markets Corruption Coping economy Conflict Combat economy African Union (AU) Sierra Leone United Nations (UN) War War economy Youth UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28089 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09212010-173144/ |