scholarly journals The Political Economy of Government Revenues in Post-Conflict Resource-Rich Africa: Liberia and Sierra Leone

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor A.B. Davies ◽  
Sylvain Dessy
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
The Political ◽  
Post Conflict

Sierra Leone's post-conflict elections of 2002

2003 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jimmy D. Kandeh
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Democratic Consolidation ◽  
The Political ◽  
National Party ◽  
Political Opposition ◽  
People's Party ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
United Front ◽  
Official Corruption

The landslide victory by the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) in the 2002 elections was due not to any ideological or policy differences with opposition parties, but to the perception among a plurality of voters that the party delivered on its promise to end the war and therefore deserved re-election. The elections were in effect a referendum on the incumbent president and his ruling SLPP, with voters overwhelmingly concluding that Ahmad Tejan Kabba, the SLPP leader, was preferable to the legion of certified scoundrels seeking to replace him. Signs of the All Peoples Congress (APC), the party that was in power from 1968–92, making a political comeback galvanised otherwise unenthusiastic voters into supporting Kabba and the SLPP. In contrast to the APC, against whom the rebel war was launched, or the Revolutionary United Front Party (RUFP), which initiated and prosecuted the insurgency, or the People's Liberation Party (PLP), whose earlier incarnation prolonged the war by colluding with rebels, Kabba and the SLPP claimed to have ended a war that was caused, launched and sustained by assorted elements of the political opposition. The SLPP, however, can ill-afford to bask in electoral triumph or ignore the festering problems of rampant official corruption and mass poverty that led to armed conflict in the 1990s. Tackling the problem of corruption and mass deprivation may hold the key to democratic consolidation, but it is doubtful whether the SLPP, as presently constituted, is capable of leading the fight against these scourges. The SLPP may be reaching out to become a national party but it still remains an unreconstructed patronage outfit that is unresponsive to popular currents and mass aspirations.

Criminal Legacies of War Economies

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Newman ◽  
Niklas Keller
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Civil Wars ◽  
Political Conflict ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
War Economy ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Related Notion ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Great Harm

Many contemporary civil wars are characterised by a political economy of violence – a ‘war economy’ – whose actors are highly motivated by profit. Examining cases of Afghanistan and Bosnia-Herzegovina, this article draws attention to a different but related notion: criminal economic activities which characterise the political economy of violence during civil war develop a self-serving momentum and continue, after ‘resolution’ of the political conflict, to do great harm. The article explores the impact of illegal money-making – a legacy of the ‘war economy’ – on societies in post-conflict transition. It suggests that, in some conflict resolution efforts, the pressure to impose a ‘political’ resolution causes peacebuilders to neglect this legacy and so threatens the peacebuilding agenda.

Transformation in Political Economy of Post-conflict North Waziristan, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
pp. 002190962110218
Author(s):  
Muhammad Makki ◽  
Waseem Iftikhar
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Economic Environment ◽  
The Political ◽  
Conflict Setting ◽  
Security Sector ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
Fast Pace ◽  
Illicit Trafficking ◽  
Fundamental Shift

Post-conflict North Waziristan is experiencing a fundamental shift in the political and economic environment at a very fast pace. This paper examines the complex political economy of post-conflict North Waziristan to assess factors promoting sustainable peace in the region. It identifies the multi-pronged official strategy that is significantly contributing to the transformation of the political and economic environment in the post-conflict setting. These steps include inter alia effective border management to counter illicit trafficking and cross-border terrorism, security sector reforms, improving the mechanism of governance, and diversifying ‘formal’ economic opportunities. The analysis suggests that post-conflict North Waziristan exhibits considerable improvements towards establishing and promoting conditions that are pivotal for sustainable peace.

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