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One Recipe for Many Cooks? Multi-actor Coordination in Post-conflict Countries: Benefits and Risks

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The Fragmentation of Aid

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The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness was designed as an ‘antidote’ to tackle negative effects associated with aid proliferation and fragmentation. This applies especially to fragile and post-conflict environments where donor coordination is most needed. Yet, the alliance between peacebuilding and development under a common headline of ‘harmonization’ may lead to a loss of scope and plurality in danger of social engineering. Considering these risks, the author develops a new approach in systemizing different ways of multi-actor coordination and their implications for peacebuilding-activities in develo** countries. Case studies in Rwanda and Sierra Leone suggest that the advantages of harmonization outweigh potential hazards and risks, which can be minimized by adjustments of donor policies.

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    Tanja Kasten

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  1. German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Bonn, Germany

    Stephan Klingebiel

  2. German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, Bonn, Germany

    Timo Mahn

  3. The World Bank German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Bonn, USA

    Mario Negre

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Kasten, T. (2016). One Recipe for Many Cooks? Multi-actor Coordination in Post-conflict Countries: Benefits and Risks. In: Klingebiel, S., Mahn, T., Negre, M. (eds) The Fragmentation of Aid. Rethinking International Development series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55357-7_16

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