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Neoliberal peace an...
Neoliberal peace and the development deficit in post-conflict Sierra Leone
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- Pemunta, Ngambouk Vitalis, 1973- (författare)
- Central European University, Hungary,Centre for Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies
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- Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2012
- 2012
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: International Journal of Development Issues. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 1446-8956 .- 1758-8553. ; 11:3, s. 192-207
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Abstract
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- Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine the structural factors responsible for why “donor darling” has not changed the pitfalls of stagnation and lifted post‐conflict Sierra Leone out of poverty.Design/methodology/approach– The study adopts a bottom‐up approach (“through the eyes of the poor”) and a combination of primary and secondary research methods – substantial desk research to investigate and review documentation related to the project and field interviews with development stakeholders at the national, district, and community levels with humanitarian aid workers, local civil society organisations, international non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) and national government officials.Findings– It is argued that aid without the necessary local institutional structure for effective coordination and stringent aid conditionality – and therefore narrow focus – has stifled sustainable socio‐economic development initiatives. The international community's narrow definition and support for liberal peace, in tandem with the overarching neoliberal economic paradigm and failure to embrace an inclusivist approach to peacebuilding, has further stonewalled effective reconstruction, growth and development.Originality/value– The paper calls the attention of development NGOs to be self‐reflexive, “wear native spectacles”, coordinate their actions and avoid “development as dependence”, by prioritizing what matters most to the beneficiaries of development. The basis of effective and sustainable socio‐economic development is institutional building.
Ämnesord
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Statsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Political Science (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Sierra Leone
- International aid
- Aid agencies
- Sustainable development
- International development aid
- Aid conditionality
- Aid coordination
- Non‐governmental organizations
- Post‐conflict transition
- Peacebuilding
- Reconstruction
- Institutional building
- Freds- och utvecklingsstudier
- Peace and Development Studies
- Statsvetenskap
- Political Science
- Vårdvetenskap
- Caring Science
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- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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