Private sector development in conflict-affected environments: key resources for practitioners
Alert’s Canan Gunduz and Joost Van Der Zwan co-authored this new Donor Committee on Enterprise Development guide on Private Sector Development (PSD) in conflict-affected environments.
The aim of this publication is to help PSD practitioners to make better and timelier interventions in conflict affected environments (CAEs). Moreover, its aim is to ensure that PSD programming maximises the positive effect it can have on all aspects of conflict management and peace-building: on economic development; on governance; on building security, stability and trust, and on developing infrastructure.
Natural resource governance in conflict-affected contexts: a new practice note
We are pleased to launch a new practice note in the Peacebuilding Essentials for Economic Development Practitioners series.
Natural Resource Governance in Conflict-Affected Contexts offers options for economic development planners and practitioners for promoting accountable and conflict-sensitive governance of natural resource wealth.
The presence of significant natural resource endowments has been documented as contributing to the outbreak of conflict as different parties compete for control over resource-rich territory, fuelling conflict through revenues generated by extractive resources, and undermining peace processes as powerful individuals or groups refuse to give up what they regard as their fair share of the spoils. In such contexts, sustainable peace is often difficult to bring about as vulnerable groups most impacted by the conflict and living in proximity of natural resources (or even participating in their extraction) can feel aggrieved when they are not directly benefiting from them.
Peacebuilding Essentials for Economic Development Practitioners is a series of practice notes that Alert is producing, in partnership with leading experts and practitioners from relevant fields. Topics covered in this series include:
- Market Development in Conflict-Affected Contexts
- Business Environment Reforms in Conflict-Affected Contexts
- Foreign Direct Investment in Conflict-Affected Contexts
- Socio-Economic Reintegration of Ex-Combatants
- Supporting the Economic Dimensions of Peace Processes
Previous phases of the project received funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and the United States Institute for Peace. This practice note series was made possible by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
