A comparative study of economic reconstruction strategies in post-conflict societies, drawing on two decades of evidence from the Great Lakes region.
Economic recovery in post-conflict settings is not merely a technical challenge of restoring growth. It is a deeply political process of negotiating who benefits from reconstruction, who bears its costs, and which visions of the economy prevail.
This working paper presents findings from a comparative study of economic recovery trajectories across Rwanda, Burundi, eastern DRC, and Uganda, covering the period from 1995 to 2024.
Rwanda's experience is particularly instructive. Following the genocide, international support enabled rapid economic reconstruction, but the benefits accrued disproportionately to urban areas.
The paper proposes a framework for post-conflict economic programming that foregrounds distributional equity alongside macroeconomic recovery.
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