Our inquiry team made a number of recommendations for improving donor-cnd communication, and we offered several scenarios for improving the efficiency of the cnd. The donor governments essentially ignored the report and little has changed. Demining in Mozambique is still beset by many problems that together surely diminish efficiency. Poor national oversight by the cnd, rivalries among the various demining organizations, and bureaucratic minutiae hinder demining efforts. The demining atmosphere in Mozambique is poisonous.
Mutual mistrust is pervasive and snowballing.
As the government becomes more fed up with donors, it creates more bureaucratic nightmares. Meanwhile, donors can and do hold funds hostage. Deminers sit and wait while equipment rusts in Maputo's harbor, or they watch their funding wither as reputations are sullied. Despite the atmosphere of noncooperation, demining is somehow getting done, and Mozambique is on its way to recovery. The roads and infrastructure already cleared have created significant trade and foreign investment opportunities.