WP 889 - CONFLICT PREVENTION AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: A POLICY WORKSHOP

Conference papers

Conflict prevention and development co-operation:  Joint Project of JICA and UNDP -  Concept Paper
Background note (1) prepared for the Wilton Park conference on Conflict Prevention and Development in Africa
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr (The New School, New York) and Robert Picciotto (King’s College London), May 2007

Conflict prevention and development co-operation:  Joint Project of JICA and UNDP -  State fragility and human security in Africa 
Background note (2) prepared for the Wilton Park conference on Conflict Prevention and Development in Africa
Robert Picciotto (King’s College London), November 2007

Re-thinking the Policy Objectives of Development Aid
Background note (3) 
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr (The New School, New York), Research Paper No. 2007/32, UNU-WIDER, June 2007

Conflict prevention and development co-operation:  Joint Project of JICA and UNDP -  Conflict-development nexus:  a survey of armed conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa 1980-2005
Background note (4) 
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Maximillian Ashwill, Elizabeth Chiappa and Carol Messineo (The New School, New York), November 2007

Contributions from participants

Session 11
Pulling it all together

Concluding Comments
Bob Picciotto and Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, November 2007

Panel Comments
Dan Smith, International Alert

Country case studies

Structural causes, development cooperation and conflict prevention in Burundi and Rwanda
Peter Uvin (The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford), November 2007

Mozambique:  ‘the war ended 15 years ago, but we are still poor’
Joseph Hanlon (International Development Centre, The Open University, Milton Keynes), November 2007

Sierra Leone Case Study
Victor A.B. Davies (African Development Bank, Tunis Belvedere), November 2007

The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Rethinking State Building
Seth Kaplan (Alpha Consulting International, New York), November 2007

The Root Causes Of Conflicts In Sudan and The Making Of The Darfur Tragedy
Eltigani Seisi. M. Ateem (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa) November 2007

Written contributions from speakers

Aid Policy in Situations of Fragility and Conflict
Richard Manning, November 2007

Keynote Address
Sadako Ogata, November 2007

Session 4
Addressing Devolution and Exclusion
Decentralisation
Yuichi Sasaoka, November 2007

Session 4
Addressing Devolution and Exclusion
Human rights, state capacity and economic policy
Juan Fuentes, November 2007

Session 5
Addressing Employment, Youth and Gender Dimensions
The Youth Bulge and its implications
Richard Cincotta, November 2007

Session 5
Addressing Employment, Youth and Gender Dimensions
The Gender Dimension
Judy El Bushra, November 2007

Session 6
Managing Natural Resources
Managing land and the prevention of violent conflict
James Putzel, November 2007

Session 7 
The Governance and Equity Requirements of Preventing Violent Conflict
Reforming the security sector
Nicole Ball, November 2007

Session 9
Economic Management for Conflict Prevention
Economic recovery
John Ohiorhenuan, November 2007

Session 10
Policy Coherence for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
Humanitarian Policy Dilemmas
James Darcy, November 2007

Speaker Presentations

Conflict and Development: what do we know
Fukuda-Parr

Session 4
Addressing Devolution and Exclusion
Decentralisation
Yuichi Sasaoka, November 2007

Session 4 
Addressing Devolution and Exclusion
Human rights, state capacity and economic policy
Juan Alberto Fuentes, November 2007

Session 5
Addressing Employment, Youth and Gender Dimensions
The Youth Bulge and its implications (4.4Mb approx)
Richard Cincotta, November 2007

Session 5
Addressing Employment, Youth and Gender Dimensions
The gender dimension
Judy El Bushra, November 2007

Session 6
Managing Natural Resources
Managing land and the prevention of violent conflict
James Putzel, November 2007

Session 6
Managing Natural Resources
Natural resources and conflict: curse or blessing?
Anke Hoeffler, November 2007

Session 7
The Governance and Equity Requirements of Preventing Violent Conflict
Horizontal inequality and policy implications
Frances Stewart, November 2007

Session 9
Economic Management for Conflict Prevention
Macroeconomic policy
Valpy Fitzgerald, November 2007

Session 10
Policy Coherence for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
Regulating the small arms trade
Robert Muggah, November 2007

Session 10
Policy Coherence for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
The private sector and violent conflict
Kathryn McPhail, November 2007

Background documents

The 2007 Big Table
Managing Africa’s Natural Resources for Growth and Poverty Reduction
February 2007

and

Big table 2007
Concept note and Issues paper
Antonio Pedro, November 2007

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