Conflict management in Africa
Subtitle: a permanent challenge
By: edited by Hélène Grandvoinnet and Hartmut Schneider.
Contributors: Grandvoinnet, Hélène.; Schneider, Hartmut.; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Development Centre.
Series: Development Centre seminars
Publisher: Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 121
Subjects: Conflict management -- Africa.; Social conflict -- Africa -- Prevention.; Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
Description: In many African countries, violent conflicts have slowed down economic and social development, if they have not actually pushed it backwards. In order to manage conflicts in a non-violent manner, governance methods adapted to the development process are needed. Effective conflict prevention, however, demands thorough understanding of the origins and dynamics of these conflicts. The outcome of a meeting jointly organised by the Development Centre and the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD, this volume considers the options available to donors in the effort to prevent conflict and enhance prospects for peaceful social, economic and political development. Despite the complexity of the subject, the contributors to the book arrive at some prudent conclusions of interest to policy makers. At the national level, action programmes should promote social, political and economic justice; empower civil society through skill, knowledge and resource transfer; develop good governance for conflict management; and accommodate different groups and interests in society. Internationally, a greater sensitivity to conflict issues is needed within broader development efforts. The international community should seek to provide the means by which conflicting groups can negotiate their own solutions to tension, rather than imposing externally devised solutions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Also published in French with title: La gestion de conflits en Afrique.
Table of contents: title: Improving analysis and action / Hélène Grandvoinnet and Hartmut Schneider; title: Sharing roles in conflict prevention in the Great Lakes region / David Gakunzi; title: Somalia: failure in peace keeping / Ameen Jan; title: A southern African perspective / Andrew Goudie; title: Key findings of the OECD-DAC Task Force on Conflict, Peace and Development Co-operation: the imperative of conflict prevention / Robert Scharf.