Country/Date: Mali, Sept 2013
Partner: The Hague Institute of Global Justice
This policy brief argues that underlying problems of conflict in Mali received too little attention in earlier efforts to stabilize the country and spur development. The brief argues that the approach adopted by the donor community in providing assistance and in particular the almost exclusive reliance on central state institutions to channel aid, deepened a number of these problems. The brief concludes by sketching the contours of a comprehensive peacebuilding agenda for Mali, with directions for initiatives to be undertaken at the political level and in terms of security, transitional justice, good governance, rule of law and economic development. Recommendations outline how donors can avoid contributing to instability and help ensure that the logic and purpose of the comprehensive agenda are maintained over time.
This Policy Brief 5 was written by Marco Lankhorst and Marije Balt.