UN’s new plan to address post-conflict economic recovery

Posted by Tala Dowlatshahi on October 22, 2008 |

Kemal Dervis, U.N. Development Programme’s (UNDP) Administrator, held a press conference today to launch UNDP’s report entitled “Post-Conflict Economic Recovery: Enabling Local Ingenuity.” The report highlights that when countries are ravaged by war, economic recovery is a formidable challenge.

The report cites examples of countries that have succeeded in boosting post-conflict economies and those that continue to flounder. It notes with importance local dynamics as a foundation to promote indigenous and women’s roles in the economy as well as the creation of a community based national plan that addresses the needs of all members of civil society.

“This holistic view of post-conflict recovery is based on experience UNDP has gained working in many countries around the world, many of them devastated by violent conflict,” said UNDP Administrator Kemal Derviş. “It has enabled us to reconsider our role in helping countries to build back better after months, years or decades of conflict.”

 
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October 22, 2008

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