Achieving Sustainable Post.docVIP

BCPR Occasional Paper 1 October 2005 Sustaining Post-Conflict Economic Recovery: Lessons and Challenges Précis The experience of the development community, as detailed in this paper, suggests that post-conflict recovery is not sustainable unless national actors—governments and civil society— acquire the lasting means to make the key social and economic decisions necessary for addressing longer-term challenges. While the international community might provide guidance on such decisions in the short-run, long-term engagement must be nationally owned a