Recovery from armed conflict in developing countries

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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; The need for recovery; Armed conflict in developing countries: extent, nature and causes GEOFF HARRIS AND NERYL LEWIS; The causes of war in developing countries; Conclusion; The costs of armed conflict in developing countries GEOFF HARRIS; Estimating the costs of war: the economists' approach; Stewart's model; A framework for analysis; Two case studies; Conclusion; Structural violence, positive peace and peacebuilding GEOFF HARRIS AND NERYL LEWIS; Positive peace; Conclusion

Issues of reconstruction and recoveryReconstruction, recovery and development: the main tasks GEOFF HARRIS; Characteristics of post-conflict situations; The transition from war to peace; The phases and tasks of reconstruction and recovery; Other recovery issues; Bibliography; Economic reconstruction and recovery GEOFF HARRIS AND NERYL LEWIS; Government versus the market in recovery; The peace dividend; Key issues in economic recovery; Structural adjustment and stabilisation programmes; Conclusion; Bibliography; The tasks of political recovery NERYL LEWIS

The restoration and/or creation of political structuresReform measures; National reconciliation; Human rights protection in the post-conflict period; Bibliography; Social recovery from armed conflict NERYL LEWIS; Dirty war; The psychological impact of war; The social impact of war; Healing the psychological and social wounds of war; From a culture of war to a culture of peace; Bibliography; Financing recovery and reconstruction, with particular reference to foreign assistance GEOFF HARRIS AND NERYL LEWIS; The importance of aid in post-conflict situations; The relief development continuum

Non-governmental organisationsBilateral and multilateral aid; United Nations agencies; Conclusion; The demobilisation and reintegration of ex-combatants NERYL LEWIS, GEOFF HARRIS AND ELISA DOS SANTOS; The phases of demobilisation and reintegration; Programming issues; Case study.: Uganda; Case study: Namibia; Potential negative effects of demobilisation; Case study: Mozambique; Special categories of ex-combatants; Other issues; Bibliography; Women and children in the recovery process NERYL LEWIS; Children and war; Child soldiers; Street children; Disabled children

Unaccompanied children and family tracingBibliography; Refugees and the internally displaced NERYL LEWIS; Refugee repatriation; Monitoring the safety of returnees; Aid and assistance for returnees; Economic reintegration; Social reintegration; Bibliography; The centrality of community-led recovery REBECCA SPENCE; Resistance; Visioning new futures; When the fighting stops; Agents of recovery; Conclusion; Bibliography; Country case studies; Reconstructing Afghanistan: opportunities and challenges WILLIAM MALEY; Background; Seven effects of the war; Agents of recovery; Obstacles to recovery

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