6. Finance public works projects, to create employment opportunities for the
youth, and to help deter them from joining the ranks of gangs, violence-oriented
groups, extremist groups, anti-government groups, and so on.
7. Invest in monitoring and accountability systems. Statebuilding and peacebuilding programs require comprehensive tracking and assessment mechanisms.
Implications.
If the host nation government is bypassed (by international donors) in the design,
monitoring, and assessment of aid programs, and if the host nation government
does not gain assistance from the international community and regional organizations in the areas of governance capacity-building, security sector reform, and
peacebuilding, then new/weak/fragile states such as South Sudan will remain in
an endless pattern of internal strife and humanitarian aid serving only short-term
needs.
Event Description.
This lesson is based on the International Peace Institute (IPI) issue brief, "State
Formation, Humanitarianism and Institutional Capabilities in South Sudan," by
Peter Biar Ajak, May 2015.
Comments.
Related information:
- “Conflicts in South Sudan,” Enough Project, 1 October 2014.
- "South Sudan’s National Existence Is Threatened by its On-Going
Conflicts not its Economic Challenges," Christopher Moretti, SOLLIMS
Lesson 1413, 28 May 2014.
- "South Sudan Social Well Being," COL Douglas M. Vallejo, USAWC
PS2219 course paper, 28 March 2014.
- "Fragility and State-Society Relations in South Sudan," Kate Almquist
Knopf, Africa Center for Security Studies (ACSS), September 2013.
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