TheThe Conflict
Conflict Prevention
Prevention andand Reconstruction
Reconstruction UnitUnit (SDV)(SDV)

Conflict and Development:• Conflict Today• Policy Framework• A Role for the Bank
• The CPR Unit
• The Post-Conflict Fund

The Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit (SDV)

Conflicts Today

40 countries and areas currently conflictconflict-affected:• Watching Briefs: 3• Transitional Support Strategies: 13• Interim Poverty Reduction Strategies: 12• Grants from the Post-Conflict Fund in 21 countries/areas1

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Policy Framework
1995: Operational Policy “Emergency Recovery Assistance”
1997: “Framework for World Bank involvement in Post-Conflict
Reconstruction”
1997: Operational Guidelines for Financing Landmine Clearance
1998: OED “The World Bank’s Experience with Post-Conflict
Reconstruction
2001: Operational Policy 2.30 “Development Cooperation andConflict”

The Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit (SDV)

Central to conflict prevention and peace-building
must be strategies for promoting social cohesion andinclusion, ensuring that all have opportunities for
gainful employment, that societies avoid wide income
inequalities that can threaten social stability and thatpoor people have access to education, health care,and basic services such as clean water, sanitationand power.”
James D. Wolfensohn
President, The World Bank2

The Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit (SDV)OP 2.30 “Development Cooperation and Conflict”
A New Operational Policy for the Bank•

Recognition that economic andsocial stability are preconditions
for sustainable development•

Recognition that violent conflict
affects the Bank’s core missionof poverty reduction•Different Bank engagement incountries that are- vulnerable to conflict- in conflict- in transition from conflict

Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit

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A Role for the Bank
• Jump-start the economy through investment in key productive sectors;
create conditions for resumption of trade, savings and investment; promote
macroeconomic stability and restoration of legal and regulatory frameworks• Reestablish the framework of governance by strengthening government
institutions and enabling organizations of civil society to work effectively• Repair important physical infrastructure• Rebuild and maintain key social infrastructure – financing education andhealth• Target assistance to those affected by war through reintegration of
displaced population, demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants,
revitalization and of local communities, and support for most vulnerable
groups (women, children)• Support land mine action programs, where relevant• Normalize financial borrowing arrangements through a work-out ofarrears, debt rescheduling

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Instruments of Bank Assistanceto Conflict-Affected Countries• Watching Briefs: usually during the conflict when no active
portfolio is possible to keep track of developments and build aknowledge base useful for future Bank’s interventions• Transitional Support Strategy: detailed assessment of theconditions in a country and planning of the next steps• Early Reconstruction Activities: small scale activities in
response to urgent country needs; also pilot activities enhancing
learning for the design of later larger-scale programs• Post-Conflict Reconstruction: as conditions permit, a large-scalereconstruction program• Conflict Analysis: socio-economic analysis, aiming to understandand reduce causes and consequences of violent conflict

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• Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit (SDV):
Support to country teams
a focal point for partnership with other organizations
involved in post-conflict reconstruction
specific expertise (mine action, demobilization,population reintegration) to the Bank’s operational staff
accelerating the institutional learning process anddisseminating information on post-conflict reconstruction
issues• Country teams: Overall responsibility for conflict prevention andreconstruction work4

The Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit (SDV)The Post-Conflict Fund (PCF)
an instrument within the Bank Development Grant Facility
financing assistance to conflict-affected countries through grants•Allows for speedy and flexible funding of innovative work thatcannot be financed under the regular Bank instruments• Supports planning, piloting, and analysis of reconstruction
activities by government and partner organizations• Catalyst of bilateral contributions to the countries and a preparatory
mechanism for the regular Bank lending• Over 1998-02 accumulated $53 million, of which:•$49.7 million approved in some 108 grants to 36 countries•$31.3 million disbursed• Received some $5 million of contributions from bilateral donors

The Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit (SDV)The Post-Conflict Fund (PCF)
Areas of Implementation of PCF-Supported Projects• IDP/Refugee/Community reintegration, such as the “Burundi
Community Rehabilitation” project, the Self-Reliance Fund for theinternally displaced in Georgia, and the “Reintegration of Vulnerable
Street Children” project in Kinshasa, DRC• Social sector support, such as the “Afghan Female Teachers InService Training” project in Peshawar, Pakistan, the program for theempowerment of women in Tajikistan, and the “War Widows andWelfare” project in Indonesia• Private sector work, such as the “Knitting Together Nations”
project in Bosnia• Conflict prevention through inter-ethnic dialog and consensus
building, such as the conflict prevention program in Burundi and theWorld Links project in Rwanda

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The Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit (SDV)For more information,please consult our website:www.worldbank.org/conflictor contact us at

cpr@worldbank.org

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